Chapter and appendix numbering in a TOC

[Combs, Richard]

Jon Harvey wrote: 
 
> I'm stumped over a simple problem: My book includes 12 
> chapters and several appendices. Throughout the book, I am 
> using the variable "<$chapnum>" to display the numbering of 
> chapters and appendices. In the book file, I am resetting the 
> numbering to "1" and "Alphabetic" for the first 
> appendix.Therefore, as I page through the document, I see 
> that FrameMaker correctly numbers the chapter and appendix 
> headings. In other words, the last chapter is Chapter 12 and 
> the first appendix is Appendix A.
> 
>  
> 
> However, when I generate the TOC, the TOC displays "Appendix 
> M" (not A) after "Chapter 12". I took over this doc project 
> from another writer, so I'm not sure how the numbering is 
> supposed to work. Any thoughts on the RIGHT way to do this?

Go to the TOC spec in the reference pages. I suspect the spec for the
chapter/appendix entries is using <$paranum> instead of <$chapnum>
(especially if the TOC's based on an older template; pre-v.6, there was
no <$chapnum> variable). 

Change <$paranum> to <$chapnum>, save, update the book, and you should
be good. Might want to root out the vestiges of the older numbering
wherever they exist.  

HTH!
Richard


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Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
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