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I was in need of an AppleScript script that generates a table of contents that spans multiple pages due to a long document length. I also wanted to organize the table of contents by sections, as each section in the document is headed by a section-header canvas.

I created the script, and it's working great.

The script also has many properties (that start with "SETTINGS_") at the top that modify how the TOC looks, such as item height, font, number of columns per page, page margins around the TOC, whether or not a line is drawn beneath each item, where the page number appears relative to the canvas name, etc. (I'm pretty picky, so some of the settings may seem overly anal-retentive.)

The script and a post describing it are here.

http://omnigraffletips.blogspot.com/...-contents.html

Just copy the script, paste it into AppleScript Editor, change whichever SETTINGS_ properties you want, and run it. You'll need to make a blank canvas in your OmniGraffle document for the first page of the table of contents. (By default this is the second canvas, but there's a setting for that.) If additional canvases are required because the TOC doesn't fit on a single canvas, the script will add them.

If you have any trouble or run into any bugs, add a comment to the post, and I'll help you out.

Cheers,

- Joseph
 
 


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