Straight-through numbering in FM book

[Reng, Dr. Winfried]

Hi Nancy,

I do not use the <$chapnum>variable as it could happen that
several chapters are in the same FrameMaker file. However,
numbering with separate counters and numbering series isn't
difficult.
My numbering settings are:

heading1: H:<n+>< =0>< =0>\t
heading2: H:<n>.<n+>< =0>\t
heading3: H:<n>.<n>.<n+>\t
instructiontitle: I:< =0>
instruction1: I:<n=1>\t (not needed, if you guarantee that all authors use instructiontitle ...)
instruction: I:<n+>\t
tabletitle: T:Table <n+>:
figuretitle: F:Fig. <n+>< =0>:
figuretitlelabel: F:< ><n+>\st-\t (for the paragraphs in the figure title which explain the numbered labels)

If you want that your tables and figures use the first counter of the
heading numbering, then they must be in the same series and the
heading numbering must have three additional counters (if you do not
need numbered labels in your figure title, then only two). These are
reset to 0 with heading1:
heading1: H:<n+>< =0>< =0>< =0>< =0>< =0>\t
heading2: H:<n>.<n+>< =0>< >< >< >\t
heading3: H:<n>.<n>.<n+>< >< >< >\t
tabletitle: H:Table <n+>< =0>< =0><n+>< >< >:
figuretitle: H:Fig. <n+>< =0>< =0>< ><n+>< =0>:

Don't forget to update the book after you changed
the numbering.

And I also think that you have a character format defined
in your autonumbering string. A hyperlink starts from a
change in the character format to the end of this character
format. I do not know whether <hyperlink> should mean
that this text appears or only the area where the hyperlink
is active.

Best regards

Winfried

> -----Original Message-----
> From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-
> bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Allison
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10:52 PM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: Straight-through numbering in FM book
>
> Hi, all.
>
> I've switched from chapter numbering to straight-through numbering in a
> FrameMaker document. I'm using FM 10 in a Win 7 environment.
>
> Dropping the <Chapnum> from the page number setup on the master pages
> was the easy part. Here is what I haven't been able to do:
>
> --Renumber figures and tables so they autonumber consecutively through
> multiple chapter files. They restart at 1 with each chapter. Even the
> FrameMaker-supplied Book template has this problem!
>
> --Keep my cross-reference formats from breaking. Specifically, the hyperlink
> breaks. See "Figure 3-1" where "Figure 3-1" is a hyperlink becomes See
> "<Hyperlink> Figure 3-1." Why does changing the autonumber format affect
> the cross-reference?
>
>
> Please feel free to explain all this in detail, but also, please feel especially
> free to email me the autonumbering sequences that work for you for figures
> and tables!
>
> Thanks!
>
> It's been years since FM has driven me this crazy . . . .
>
> --Nancy

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