<$autorange> issues

[Fred Ridder]

Do paragraphs 1717 and 1734 occur on consecutive pages? If so,
FrameMaker is behaving exactly as designed. The <$autorange>
option is desinged to indicate a page range in the index whenever
the same entry text appears in index markers that are on a
consecutive series of *pages*. Your index may be built around
paragraph numbers, but <$autorange> only works an a page-
wise basis.

Unless I'm mistaken, the only way you can get paragraph ranges
to be indicated in your index is to explicitly code them with
<$startrange> and <$endrange> building blocks in the
appropriate index markers.

-Fred Ridder


>From: "Rob Shell" <rshell at iafrica.com>
>To: <framers at lists.frameusers.com>
>Subject: <$autorange> issues
>Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:43:42 +0200
>
>Hi guys:
>I am having trouble with the <$autorange> feature. I am using it in 
>conjunction with the <$paranum> as is usual for bibliographies.
>
>I am inserting it in the right place, i.e. before <$paranum> in the correct 
>reference page text flow.
>
>What I get in my index is
>
>Cornell, Carohn 383, 1717–1734
>
>which looks OK but is wrong. Paragraph numbers from 1718 to 1733 are not 
>authored by Cornell. The entry should read
>
>Cornell, Carohn 383, 1717, 1734
>in other words three discrete entries
>
>here, autorange is creating a range where none exists.
>
>I have consulted the Adobe Framemaker manual but confess I am licked.
>Perhaps someone can shed some illumination on my mystery.
>
>There are many other mysteries in the reference pages which I should be 
>able to understand but cannot, for example, why is there a page titled 
>"Index specifications" which looks like it should be directing the 
>construction of the index, but it is the last page with no heading which is 
>really doing the direction.
>
>My entire project is ready to go to the publisher but here I am with no 
>autorange....
>
>
>
>
>
>Robert C.-H. Shell
>Extraordinary Professor of Historical Demography
>UWC
>Courier address:
>Room 3,23
>Statistics department
>New Science Building
>University of Western Cape
>Modderdam Road
>Bellville
>7535
>Western Cape
>Republic of South Africa
>
>Airmail address:
>Prof. Robert C.-H. Shell
>Room 3,23
>Statistics department
>New Science Building
>Private Bag X17
>Bellville
>Western Cape 7535
>Republic of South Africa
>E-mail addresses:
>rshell at uwc.ac.za
>rshell at iafrica.com
>Fax: 021-959-2909

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