Numbering

[Fred Ridder]

Try building a new book. It sounds to me like that's where the problem resides. But you've been focusing all your attention on the chapter file.

-FR

 
> Subject: RE: Numbering
> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 10:11:27 -0500
> From: kmcdaniel at pavtech.com
> To: srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com
> CC: framers at FrameUsers.com
> 
> Stuart,
> 
> Thanks, done that..set page numbering in the book window and in the
> file. Using FM 10 years...deep-level nerd almost 40 years. I have tried
> every trick I know. I saved the file as .mif and looked. DStartPage is
> set to 1. ContPageNum is No.
> 
> When I copy and paste the contents of the file into a new, clean
> template, the offending behavior is copied as well.
> 
> When I add a blank page to the beginning of the offending file, the TOC
> page numbers for that file increment by 1. It's as if there were 6
> "invisible" pages at the start of the offending file...leastwise, that's
> the behavior...Kelly.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srogers at phoenix-geophysics.com] 
> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 9:59 AM
> To: Kelly McDaniel
> Cc: framers at FrameUsers.com
> Subject: Re: Numbering
> 
> Kelly McDaniel wrote:
> > Folks,
> > 
> > I have a chapter in a book that starts with page 1 but the TOC shows
> the
> > first page as page 7. (The link goes to page 1 content. It's just that
> > the TOC is not numbering the pages the way I tell it to number them.)
> > 
> > I have reset Page Numbering several times, including changing it on
> the
> > offending chapter to Roman, to Continue Numbering From Previous and
> > back. No joy.
> > 
> > I moved the offending chapter to another order in the book, below a
> > chapter with 28 pages (Thinking that the TOC might read page 1 as page
> > 35... 7 + 28=35). No joy. 
> > 
> > I imported Reference pages and Master pages from known good files. No
> > joy.
> > 
> > I did the same with the TOC. No joy.
> > 
> > As a workaround, I numbered the chapter to begin with -5 (negative
> five)
> > and it worked. The chapter begins with page 1, and the TOC reflects
> page
> > 1.
> > 
> > 
> > I'm stumped. Any ideas?...thanks, Kelly.
> 
> 
> Kelly,
> 
> I don't know how you are "telling the TOC" to number pages -- it has no 
> role in that process.
> 
> In individual files, you set the numbering properties in the file. When
> 
> dealing with a book however, you must set the numbering properties for 
> the files from within the book window. Those settings will override 
> whatever is set in the files themselves. (Unless, in the book window, 
> you set the numbering to Read from File, which sounds like the culprit 
> here.)
> 
> 1. In the book window, select the first chapter and set Format > 
> Document > Numbering to start at 1.
> 
> 2. Select all the following chapters and set them to Continue Numbering
> 
> from Previous Page in Book.
> 
> 3. Save the book file and then update the book, generating your TOC.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> -- 
> Stuart Rogers
> Technical Communicator
> Phoenix Geophysics Limited
> Toronto, ON, Canada
> +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325
> 
> srogers phoenix-geophysics com
> 
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