Changed Section and Subsection Numbers

[Craig Ede]

I'm not sure exactly in what sense you are using "book update", but that
ambiguity brings forth a couple more observations that may help with this
problem:

 

Updating the Numbering Properties within the book (usually done by selecting
one or more files in the book, right-clicking and choosing Numbering
Properties which opens the Numbering properties dialog box).

The templates I set up have the numbering properties set at the book level
so that users don't have to mess with this. However, if the books can't be
predefined, a good description of what to check for in these settings should
be part of the template documentation. 

 

Updating the book to produce the correct numbering of pages, etc. This used
to be Generate/Update. (In the open book files, select the book file at the
top of the list of components and choose File>Update book):

This will update the numbering according to the current book settings.
REMEMBER: If you have files open, they will have to be saved to preserve the
numbering. A "best practice" is to do this will all the component files
closed as this ensures that they are opened and then saved in the updated
state.

 

Remember also that printing a book results in an update occurring (again
without saving if the files are open).

 

Craig

 

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of William W.
Saylor, PE
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 8:22 AM
To: 'Harvey Rosenfeld'; 'framers'
Subject: RE: Changed Section and Subsection Numbers

 

Harvey,

 

I had a similar problem on a ~10 chapter book. One or two of the chapters
would never get the formatting right even though each template was the same
and each chapter had the Format - Document - Numbering (and Page) set
properly. It was only when I would do Book Updates that the formatting and
page sequencing would be properly "forced".

Bill

 

From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Craig Ede
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 11:41 AM
To: Harvey Rosenfeld; framers
Subject: RE: Changed Section and Subsection Numbers

 

It may be as simple as going into the Paragraph tab in the numbering for
that section and changing that to "Continue numbering from Previous file"
(don't recall the selection exactly).
 
The numbering is a delicate interaction between a number of settings.
Usually putting your content into the containers provided by the template
(and removing overrides from any of the numbered paragraph tags) will fix
problems. (Of course, that assumes you have a good template.)
 
It is NOT usually a good idea to start trying this and that setting while
hoping for the best.
 
Craig
 

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From: HROSENFE at ansi.org
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Changed Section and Subsection Numbers
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:39:15 +0000

Framers: I need your help. In a multi-section book, my section and
subsection numbers in section 2 reverted from 2, 2.1, 2.2, etc. to 1, 1.1,
1.2, etc. I don't know why this happened; I didn't (knowingly) do anything
to this chapter. This section did read 2, 2.1, 2.2 this morning. I went into
Format - Document - Numbering and tried to fix the Chapter, Section, and
Sub-section tabs in Numbering Properties, but nothing is working. Section
2's numbering remains 1, 1.1, 1.2. Luckily, this glitch has not affected the
section and subsection numbers in any of the other chapters in this book. I
could use some step-by-step instructions on how to get the section numbers
to convert back to 2, 2.1, 2.2. 

 

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