How to set up a Running H/F to call a paratag from a previous file

[grant at hedgewizard.net]

All I can think of is to use a crossreference or a variable. Not as easily
maintained, though.

Grant

> On May 23, 2013 at 4:11 PM "Carol J. Elkins" <celkins at awrittenword.com> wrote:
>
>
> The Running H/F in my master page calls for a paratag like this:
> <Running H/F 2 <$paratext[H2 SubTitle]>
>
> I have child pages (each a separate file) that use that same master
> page, but because they are child pages, they don't have their own [H2
> Sub Title] paratag anywhere in the file. I want that Running H/F to
> locate the last instance of the paratag, which would be on the parent
> page, which is in a previous file. In other words, I want it to look
> backward instead of forward.
>
> You can tell Frame to look backward for a paratag in the same file,
> but I can't find any mention in Frame11 Help about looking backward
> for a paratag in a previous file.
>
> Is this even possible? If so, how do I revise the Running H/F 2 call
> to that paratag so that it works as described?
>
> If not, then I know I will need to move all of the child pages into
> the same file as the parent page that contains the [H2 Sub Title]
> paratag. But there are hundreds of them and I'd rather not.
>
> Carol
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