New Topic: Sort by number

Tue May 26 19:25:17 PDT 2009

HI ALL, 

Using FMKR 7.0, Acrobat Distiller 5.0, Vista Enterprise on HP laptop. 

Thanks so much for all your help with the alpha sort last week. Now, the team wants me to sort by number. 

For example:  023 StarTrek, 012 Gone With the Wind, 063 The L.A. Story. 
We want to have the names of the Work Instructions listed by their corresponding number, like this: 

012 StarTrek
023 Gone With the Wind
063 The L.A. Story

So far what I have done is to copy a small test section of my alpha file to Word, sort by number and then take it back to FrameMaker.  However, then, I don't have the hyperlink to the FM file anymore. 

Any suggestions to get the same results as the alpha sort -- only need to point and click in the final PDF to access the desired file? 

Thanks, 
Sue Curtzwiler
susancu at vmc.com

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From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com]
Sent: Wed 5/20/2009 11:49 AM
To: Susan Curtzwiler; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Setting the structure of the alphabatized list

The topic "Working with group titles in indexes" in the FrameMaker User Guide (accessible from the FrameMaker Help menu) should answer most of your questions. 

-Fred Ridder

> Subject: Setting the structure of the alphabatized list
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 10:47:43 -0700
> From: SusanCu at vmc.com
> To: richard.combs at Polycom.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> CC: SusanCu at vmc.com
> 
> Hi All,
> Thank you all for your help with the alpha sort. Now, I have an alphabetized list of my Work Instructions (WI) in an appendix, that's great. 
> However, how do I make a separation with A, B, C and so on to break up this long list and make it a bit more user friendly? 
> I have entered A, B, C with and without tags, but when I generate the book, it naturally sorts these letters and they all jump to the top of the page. I realize that's because that would be the alphabetical order - so what is the magic key to make these introductory letters stay in place? Does it have anything to do with using the ignore symbols function? However, these are not "symbols" but the introductory letters to a new section that I want to hold in place. 
> 
> A
> Add a File
> 
> B
> Build a Book
> 
> C
> Complete the Manual 
> 
> It turns out like this:
> A
> B
> C
> 
> Add a File
> Build a Book
> Complete the Manual
> 
> ----
> Thanks again for your help
> Sue 
> 
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> 
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com on behalf of Combs, Richard
> Sent: Tue 5/19/2009 3:34 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Lists of figures and tables in alpha order (was FW: Exporting thepaths of graphics used)
> 
> 
> 
> You'd think that after gently chiding Susan for having "changed the
> subject completely," I'd remember to change the subject line of my
> reply, wouldn't you? Sorry! Here it is for the archives.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
> [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Combs,
> Richard
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:10 PM
> To: Susan Curtzwiler; framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: RE: Exporting the paths of graphics used
> 
> Susan Curtzwiler wrote:
> 
> > I followed the directions below and all I got was a blank FMKR page.
> 
> Then the FM file or book for which you generated the list or index
> doesn't contain any graphics imported by reference. FM doesn't know the
> file path and name of graphics copied into the document (there's no
> point). 
> 
> > Then I went to just make a list of figures as a stand alone file, not
> part
> > of the book file.
> 
> Do you mean that within a single FM file, not a book, you selected
> Special > List of > Figures? OK, then in the Set Up List of Figures
> dialog, you had to select the paragraphs to include (your figure
> captions).
> 
> But now you've changed the subject completely. Lists of figures, tables,
> etc., are lists of paragraphs in FM. That's very different from a list
> of imported graphics, fonts, text insets, or other references.
> 
> > That worked great, I got the list.
> > 1. Now, how do I alphabatize them.
> 
> Select Special > List of > Paragraphs (Alphabetical) -- or for a book,
> Add > List of > Paragraphs (Alphabetical) -- and select the paragraphs
> to include.
> 
> > 2. Isn't there a simple sort feature like Word? Seems like then I
> could
> > make the sorted list as a template and work thru the entire book.
> 
> I don't understand.
> 
> > 3. Is their an easier way to work within the complete book file to
> get a
> > full list of figures at one time?
> 
> What is it that you can't do with (from the book window) Add > List of >
> Figures or Add > List of > Paragraphs (Alphabetical)?
> 
> > 4. Also, make a list of tables.
> 
> What is it that you can't do with (from the book window) Add > List of >
> Tables or Add > List of > Paragraphs (Alphabetical)?
> 
> > I want to use this same technique to make a list of the titles from my
> TOC,
> > and arrange them either by WI number or alpha to create a quick
> hyperlink
> > file for users easy reference.
> 
> I don't understand. But again, List of > Paragraphs (Alphabetical) will
> give you alpha lists of whatever paragraph format(s) you want (like
> Head1, Head2, ...).
> 
> I don't know what a WI number is, but maybe if you spend some quality
> time with the generated lists topics in the help or user manual, you can
> figure out how to do something with that, too. FM's generated lists
> functionality is pretty robust and versatile.
> 
> HTH!
> Richard
> 
> 
> Richard G. Combs
> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
> 303-223-5111
> ------
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