Numbering question

[Writer]

We got around that by using Volume numbering instead.

Nadine

--- On Fri, 1/28/11, Spectrum Writing <info at spectrumwritingllc.com> wrote:

> From: Spectrum Writing <info at spectrumwritingllc.com>
> Subject: Numbering question
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 10:35 AM
> All,
> 
>  
> 
> I have an unstructured Frame book created in FM 9.0 (all
> patched and
> current) that contains the following layout:
> 
>  
> 
> .         Front Cover
> 
> .         Front Matter
> 
> .         Generated TOC
> 
> .         40 individual
> files,
> 
> .         Index
> 
>  
> 
> The structure of these individual files is this:
> 
> .         Section 1 Splash
> page (Chapter Number set to 1, but it is not
> displayed.)
> 
> .         Multiple chapter
> files (each chapter numbered sequentially 1
> through . . . , with first chapter in  book set to
> have the same chapter
> number as the preceding Section splash page and all other
> chapter numbers
> set to auto-increment)
> 
> .         Section 2 Splash
> page (Chapter Number set to 1, but it is not
> displayed.)
> 
> .         Multiple chapter
> files (each chapter numbered sequentially 1
> through . . . , with first chapter in  book set to
> have the same chapter
> number as the preceding Section splash page and all other
> chapter numbers
> set to auto-increment)
> 
> .         Section 3 Splash
> page (Chapter Number set to 1, but it is not
> displayed.)
> 
> .         Multiple chapter
> files (each chapter numbered sequentially 1
> through . . . , with first chapter in  book set to
> have the same chapter
> number as the preceding Section splash page and all other
> chapter numbers
> set to auto-increment)
> 
> .         Section 4 Splash
> page (Chapter Number set to 1, but it is not
> displayed.)
> 
> .         Multiple chapter
> files (each chapter numbered sequentially 1
> through . . . , with first chapter in  book set to
> have the same chapter
> number as the preceding Section splash page and all other
> chapter numbers
> set to auto-increment)
> 
> .          
> 
>  
> 
> As you can see, a  Section (e.g. Section 1) is its own
> physical file in a
> book versus being in a chapter that contains multiple
> sections. I want to
> set up Section Numbering so that each section page is
> automatically numbered
> correctly. What I am trying to do is set up set up section
> numbering for a
> section, for example, Section 1, and then set the section
> numbering for all
> the chapters in the section to use the same number as
> previous section. The
> for Section 2, set the Section Numbering to be continued
> from the previous
> section in the book, set the section numbering for all
> chapters in the
> section to use the same number as previous section, and so
> on; however, the
> Section Numbering options for any file that I select is not
> available - all
> options are totally grayed out and I am stumped. Why isn't
> section numbering
> an option for me and how can I get these section pages to
> auto-increment as
> a result?
> 
>  
> 
> TIA,
> 
>  
> 
> TVB
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Tammy Van Boening
> 
> Owner/Principal
> 
> Spectrum Writing, LLC
> 
> www.spectrumwritingllc.com
> 
> info at spectrumwritingllc.com
> 
>  
> 
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