How to add Table numbers to List of tables

[Apurva Bahadur]

Hi Rick,

I am honoured to get a reply from such a Framemaker legend!

I tried to look at the reference page of the LOT and was puzzled by four
instances of the <$paratext> block. Three of the instances are under the
'Cross-Reference Macros', while the fourth is on the last page in a
paragraph that starts with the text 'openXmlElementId.' Which of the
<$paratext> block should I modify?

While awaiting the reply to my question, I came across this document from
CERN http://lhcb-muon.web.cern.ch/lhcb-muon/results/tdr.pdf . The List of
Tables and the List of Images of the above pdf are probably built using a
cross reference process.

Following the CERN document, I assembled a List of Tables page that
contains tabular data similar to the pdf with crosslinked data such as
Table Number,  Table Name and Page.

I believe this style of building TOC, LOT and LOF using crossreferences are
used in defense manuals, although the automatic method (as suggested by
you) would look more elegant, provided I can get the Table Number, Name and
Page Number fields automatically.

I have a supplementary question that popped up while creating the cross
referenced table.

I used the Cross reference dialog box (Special -> Cross - Reference) to
enter the various cross references in the hand assembled list of tables. I
need to choose the various documents of the book in the Source Document
field. However, every time I made an entry, the document window snapped
back to the 'Current' document. How do I force this dialog box to maintain
the selected document in the 'source document' field until I choose another
document to cross reference?

I await your reply.

Regards

Apurva from Pune, India.




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On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 5:45 PM, Rick Quatro <rick at rickquatro.com> wrote:

> Hi Apurva,****
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> On the LOT's LOT reference page, you need to add the <$paranum> building
> block in front of the <$paratext> building block and then regenerate the
> list. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. Thank you
> very much.****
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> *From:* framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:
> framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] *On Behalf Of *Apurva Bahadur
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 05, 2012 4:47 AM
> *To:* framers at lists.frameusers.com
> *Subject:* How to add Table numbers to List of tables****
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> Dear All,
>
> Please help me overcome a peculiar problem in FM.
>
> I have a document with number of tables.
>
> Each table in the document has a 'Table Title' paragraph style applied to
> it. Thus the text below the table reads "'Table 1: Letters of the
> alphabets" etc.
>
> When I make the List of Tables (special -> List of Tables), the LOT
> displays only "Letters of the alphabets ... 2" (assuming that the
> particular table is on page 2).
>
> What I want to do is the display the complete text in the LOT like "Table
> 1: Letters of the alphabets ... 2"
>
> Any idea how this is done?
>
> I hope my question is clear to you. Many thanks in advance.
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> Regards,
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> *Apurva* *Bahadur*
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