Figure numbering

[Stuart Rogers]

Gillian Flato wrote:
 > How do you guys do figure numbering?
 >
 > 1. Figure 1,2,3
 > 2. Figure 1-1, 1-2, ...2-1, 2-2
 > 3. Figure 1-1...3-10...5-30
 >
 > Currently, the book I am updating does #3. It stops counting at figure
 > 325 and then starts at 1 again. I want to do number 2, so I want the
 > Figure numbering to start over at the beginning of each chapter. How do
 > I do this?
 >
 > If you guys know of a better method, tell me what you do.
 >

Food for thought, "The case for simple numbering":

http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/nonum.html

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Stuart Rogers
Technical Communicator
Phoenix Geophysics Limited
Toronto, ON, Canada
+1 (416) 491-7340 x 325

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