Anyone out there who can tell me how to a ToC in my PDF output?

I have a map that incudes some preface stuff and then I'd like a ToC before the actual content.

 I assume I will need to include an element of some sort, but I can't figure out which one.

 Regards,

Søren Weimann

The standard definition seems to assume that labels are always column labels that belong in a thead. So, what about a table where the labels belong to rows?

In terms of structure, the cells in bold are labels identifying the content that follows.

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I am using DITA with XMetal. I have been told to move the last step result out to the margin following the last step. I have never seen any instruction written like this.

Example:

1. Do this.

2. Open the window.

    The window opens and displays whatever.

3. Select the whatever.

    The whatever is selected.

4. Click Close.

The whatever is saved.

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So ... in FrameMaker, I'm happy to replace things like product names and department names by variables; saves typing, increases accuracy and so on. How do I set about applying the same approach in DITA? for the time being, I'm working with a DITA-aware editor (XMLMind) to get a clearer idea of how things fit together.

Some of the definitions in a definition-list have clearly-defined attributions, for example ISO. It seems logical, if the goal is to produced a set of structured and searchable files, to use something like

[dlentry]

[dt]name of term goes here[/dt]

[dd]definition of term goes here

[source]attribution goes here[/source]

[/dd]

[/dlentry]

[source] is clearly not the element to use here, though; nor is [author].

Any suggestions?