Chronology Compile format

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Hello! In another post, I wondered if it was possible to make chronologies. After writing a few Python scripts to help on that front, I made a new compile format to assemble the chronology.

But I’ve run into one problem, as this example shows:

CHAPTER ONE — A FUTURE EMPRESS

Paris, 23 January 1306:
Synopsis
After arranging the marriage of his half-sister Marguerite to Edward of Caernarfon, Prince of Wales, King Philippe IV of France looks for an acceptable match for his only daughter, Isabella. At the suggestion of Queen Jeanne, a marriage to the Prince of Vyshgorod, Oleg Danilovich, is considered.

How do I remove the Synopsis line?

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The compile format is here for reference.
Chronology.scrformat (16.0 KB)

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In the Section Layouts of the compile format, select the format with the synopsis and click the … button in the upper right, above the layout table, then deselect Insert subtitles between text elements.

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Thank you.

Do I check the box or uncheck?

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If you’re trying to include the document’s synopsis in compile, leave that box in the table column checked, but uncheck the “Insert subtitles…” option so that it won’t be prefaced with the “Synopsis” title. (The subtitles option adds “Synopsis”, “Notes”, and “Text” subtitles before each of those elements if they’re included in the compile format. It actually applies to all the section layouts for the format, so selecting the specific one as a first step isn’t really necessary.)

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@MimeticMouton I unckecked it, but it still appears when assigning section types. Is this a Windows bug?

The document looks fine, though.

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Oh, you know, there is a preview bug on Windows I’d forgotten about, so the subtitles are showing up again layouts preview in the main compile window. They are still correctly removed from compile, though; I just ran a quick test to confirm that. So if you’re seeing them still in the compiled version, there may be something else introducing the title. I’m not seeing it in the compile format you posted; is there anywhere in the project text it could be coming from?

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No, the document doesn’t have it. So it must just be the preview bug.

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