Autonumbering: Using <$chapnum> with Appendices

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5 total messages Started by VLM Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:20

#1492

Author: VLM
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:20

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Hi everyone,

In the book we are creating, we plan to use numbered chapters and lettered appendices, as:

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
etc.
Appendix A
Appendix B

I realize that it's easy to continue or restart numbering from within a book. But the <$chapnum> building block was added since I last used FrameMaker. So ... is it numeric only? (Seems it is, just confirming.)

Thank you kindly,
Elchanan

Re: Autonumbering: Using <$chapnum> with Appendices

#1393

Author: VLM
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:24

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While I'm on this topic, can an autonumber counter be set to a nonprinting character, something like < =nonprintingcharacter>. I'm thinking of this as a solution for unnnumbered document components, such as introduction, forward, and the like, where there is no chapter/appendix #. That way, I wouldn't need to recreate the lower-level numbered tags that typically use chapter/appendix as their first value.

I hope this question makes sense!

Thank you kindly,
Elchanan

Re: Autonumbering: Using <$chapnum> with Appendices

#1395

Author: VLM
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:35

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Well, I may have just answered my own question. I now see that the Numbering Properties dialog has been improved from long ago, and that I can choose numeric/alphabetic/text for <$chapnum> for each component in the book. Am I understanding correctly?

Also, may I conclude that choosing "text" solves my second issue, above?

Thank you kindly,
Elchanan

Re: Autonumbering: Using <$chapnum> with Appendices

#1398

Author: Arnis_Gubins
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:50

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Correct, you can use the text option to enter whatever you wish.

Re: Autonumbering: Using <$chapnum> with Appendices

#1402

Author: Van_Kurtz
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:01

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But set the numbering properties from the book file, not in the document files. That is, in the book file, right-click a document name and select numbering; set the numbering properties there. If you set them in the document file, Frame complains when you update the book and uses the settings in the book file instead.

Van

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