Figure number updating

[Lester C. Smalley]

I don't profess to understand the cause, though I have seen autoconnect
problems before.  But now that you've found it and believe it may be
from the import of data from Word, it is probably a good idea to perform
the "MIF Roundtrip" cleanup.  

Saving files to MIF format and then reopening those to recreate the .FM
document is a known trick to clean up a variety of odd behaviors in
FrameMaker, and remove (unwanted) artifacts that carry over during the
import process.  And it usually only take a few seconds per file.  Of
course, save copies of the existing FM files to archive just in case
(I'm not usually paranoid, but we all know stuff happens).

On Monday, June 19, 2006 10:40 AM, Patricia Carmel wrote:

| Hi,
| First of all, I panicked and it transpired that it was only 
| in two (though major) chapters in a five-chapter book, and 
| not all. After I calmed down a bit, I discovered the following:
|  
| There was a disconnect between my first page, where the first 
| figure appeared and the next page, where the second figure 
| appeared, which is why the second figure thought it was the 
| first one. The question was why: Autoconnect was selected and 
| the tag letter between the frames was consistent.  
|  
| Well, I don't know - the only explanation is that the 
| material was pasted from Word, and there must have been a 
| massive amount of garbage screwing up the document. My 
| solution was to recreate the info on the first page, apply 
| the first page master page, then delete the corrupt first 
| page.  So far, holding my breath, but it seems to have worked.
|  
| Thanks.
|  
| Patricia

- Lester 
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