Adding Files to New Book

[Robert Lauriston]

File > Add > Files, click the Name header to sort backwards, proceed as usual.

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Karen Robbins <karendesign at gmail.com> wrote:
> File names for my publication begin with a numeral (e.g., "1frontmatter.fm",
> "2preface.fm")--helps keep them in order more easily. Typically I might have
> 10 files to assemble into a book; they appear in ascending order in the book
> window.
>
> I previously had Frame 9. When I chose "add files" to fill a new book,
> selected the files as a group, and clicked the "Add" button, the files
> appeared in the wrong order in the book window: half (files 1 through 5)
> were ascending and half (files 5 through 10) were descending. So in the book
> window, the files listed vertically were 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. I
> had to manually rearrange them.
>
> We recently moved to Frame 11. I just created a new book into which I
> imported my files for the new edition. Using the same steps, the files
> listed vertically are 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. And I still have to
> manually rearrange them.
>
> What causes this and how can I get the files to appear in ascending order
> without manual intervention?