numbering in character format?

[obair]

Because this is for a number in the middle of a sentence.

Paul
 
On Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at 10:58AM, "Lizak, Samantha" <samantha_lizak at mentor.com> wrote:
>Just to clarify, there is a reason the typical structure of
>1. <general description>
>   a. blah
>      content
>   b. blah
>      content
>2. <general>
>   a. blah
>      content 
>
>doesn't work?  Most templates have some form of nested sequential list,
>with item continuations.  (In Mentor's, we call them L1Seq, L2Seq, and
>L1Body and L2Body.)
>
>For starting points, take a look at the default Numbered and Numbered1
>paragraph tags.
>
>-Sam. 
>
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>[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of obair
>Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 12:10 PM
>To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>Subject: numbering in character format?
>
>I want to be able to have a sequence of numbers inline in a sentence, so
>I think I need the ability to apply a numbering format to a character
>using a character tag.
>
>What I want:
>
>Step 1, part 1: Blah
>
>content
>
>Step 1, part 2: Blah
>
>content
>
>Step 2, part 1: Blah
>
>content
>
>I have several such entries, and I need to change the numbering from
>time to time as the document changes.
>
>Instead of doing all of this by hand, is there a way to create a
>character tag that I could use to automatically generate a "1", then, in
>the next place where I have a new Step, create a character tag that I
>could use to automatically generate a "2", etc, and update itself in the
>sequence, the way that I can with paragraph tags?
>
>Thanks.
>
>best,
>Paul
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