SOLVED Re: UPDATE to CORRECTION: Section Number resets after closing file

[Carol J. Elkins]

Hi Rebecca,

Thanks for responding. It turns out that the Section numbering 
property will work only for files that are nested under a book 
folder. Unfortunately, Framemaker doesn't tell you that when you are 
setting up the Section number. It happily does your bidding and then 
when you regenerate the book, it resets all Section numbers to the 
default 1. In hindsight, the resetting is appropriate behavior; but 
the letting me do something wrong without warning me is bad behavior. 
It greys out the Section number at the book level if the file isn't 
inside a folder to prevent me setting the Section number at the book 
level; but it does not grey it out at the file level, leading the 
unsuspecting tech writer to believe that it is a legal function.

So I put each file in its own book folder and things seem to work 
well now. I can cross-reference to the Section number, and it 
"sticks" when I regenerate the book. Panic over. Thanks much to Rick 
Quatro for helping me troubleshoot the problem.

Carol

At 07:49 PM 7/3/2014, rebecca officer wrote:
>Hi Carol
>
>Have you checked the numbering settings in the books themselves? Ie, 
>by right-clicking on files in the book and choosing "numbering".
>
>I'm wondering if this might be what got changed/corrupted, rather 
>than the files. If the book settings are different from the file 
>settings, Frame uses the book settings.
>
>Cheers
>Rebecca