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From article <1290@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>, by phd@SPEECH1.CS.CMU.EDU (Paul Dietz):
> I went with MS Word.
> 
> Things I don't like:
> [...]
> No support for figure or table numbers.

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DISCLAIMER: This is crude, and possibly more trouble than it's worth.  (So
keep your flames to yourself, I'm just trying to be helpful.)  I realize
that the following description sounds incredibly complicated and
obscenely unMacish.  But it's not as bad as at reads.  If you can make
enough sense of it to construct a short demo file, you may find it
to be a useful (if obscure) trick.  Read the Help File and/or Manual
section about Print Merge first.
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When I need to do figure or table numbering in a Word document, and I
think I might be moving things around (thus screwing up the numbering
sequence), I use the Print Merge facility to generate the numbers.

Here's how it works:

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Method 1  -- Easy
****** *     ****

If I'm only going to have a few numbers (less than a dozen) I define a
field variable for each one at the top of the document.  For example:

<<SET architectureFIG=1>> <<SET BlackBoxFIG=2>> <<SET throughputFIG=3>>
<<SET inputTAB=1> <<SET outputTAB=2>>

Then in the body of the document and in the figure captions I type:

	As illustrated in Figure <<architectureFIG>>, ...

and
	Figure <<architectureFIG>>: Network architecture used in
	this study.  (Not all connections shown.)

Then when I want to change the order of appearance, I only have to
renumber the <<SET>> statements.  No searching through the document for
multiple references.

Printing:  Select Print Merge and click on the Print button in the
--------   dialog box.

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Method 2 -- Less Easy
****** *    **** ****

The other method is to create a file called, e.g., "Ref Numbers" which
looks like this:

	refnum
	1
	2
	3
	4
	...

Then in the main document, the first line reads:

	<<DATA Ref Numbers>>

and each reference to a figure looks like

	See Figure <<refnum>>.

Word will keep using the same number until you tell it to go to the next
one, so before the *first* reference to figures, issue the <<NEXT>>
command.  For example:

	By comparing Figure <<refnum>>, above, with <<NEXT>>Figure
	<<refnum>>, below, we see.[...]  Figure <<refnum>> also
	illustrates[...]

might produce:

	By comparing Figure 1, above, with Figure 2, below, we see.[...]
	Figure 2 also illustrates[...]

Printing:  Select Print Merge and click on New Document.  Look at the
--------   "Form Letters" document that is produced to find out how many
reference number you need.  Then go back to the main document and choose
Print Merge again, enter a "1" in the From field and "N" in the To
field, where "N" is the number of references you need.  (Otherwise it will
print out multiple versions of your document until it uses all the
records in "Ref numbers" -- I told you this was crude.)

Disadvantages to Method 2:
------------- -- ------ -
  o You can only have one sequence of numbers per document.  However
    combining Method 1 and 2 solves this problem.  For example, use
    Method 1 for table references and Method 2 for figures in the same
    document. 

  o It's not easy to mention previous references after they've
    already been <<NEXT>>'ed.  To get around this, the best I've come up
    with is to set a variable for a ref if it'll be needed later.  For
    example: 

	Figure <<refnum>>: Two tortoises mating.<<SET shellgames=<<refnum>>>> 

    then much later on:

	As illustrated in Figure <<shellgames>> in the previous chapter...


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Warnings:  
--------   
  o Remember to say Print Merge and not Print.

  o After printing, make sure to go back to the main document window to
    do further editing.  You don't want to be making changes directly to
    the form letter window.

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For my next number...object oriented images in MacPaint:-)


-- 
unsigned *Wayne_Mesard();                     MESARD@BBN.COM
                                              BBN Labs, Cambridge, MA
Once a Scribe hacker, always a Scribe hacker.