[Framers] Frame "Counter" Issue

[tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com]

Hi Alison,

You need two separate series counters, one for the numeric and one for the
alpha. You must also set your next paragraph tag for the 1st counter in each
series to be the continuation counter.

StepNumberBegin: N:<n=1 >.\t
StepNumberCont'd: N:<n+>.\t
StepNumberBegin_Alpha: S:<a=1>.\t
StepNumberCont'd_Alpha: S:<a+>.\t

The Next Paragraph Tag for StepNumberBegin and StepNumberCont'd should be
set to StepNumberCont'd.
The Next Paragraph Tag for StepNumberBegin_Alpha and StepNumberCont'd_Alpha
should be set to StepNumberCon't_Alpha.

You can then manually override the next tag where needed. Also, make sure to
set the Paragraph numbering for each chapter as appropriate - Restart
Paragraph Numbering or Continue Numbering  from Previous Paragraph in Book
(Format > Document > Numbering).

HTH,

TVB




Tammy Van Boening
Tammy dot vanboening at spectrumwritingllc dot com
www.spectrumwritingllc.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Framers <framers-
> bounces+tammyvb=spectrumwritingllc.com at lists.frameusers.com> On
> Behalf Of Craig, Alison GLI/CA
> Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2022 11:46 AM
> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
> Subject: [Framers] Frame "Counter" Issue
> 
> Windows 10
> Up-to-date Frame subscription
> 
> I've had to add in a layer of alpha-based "sub-instructions" in my manual
> formatting-but Frame is not cooperating. Normally I use plain bullets, but
> these new items must be completed in a specific order, hence the alpha
> numbering (per the manual conventions).
> 
> Numeric instruction counter: starting at "1." and incrementing
> ===================================================
> "Instruction1": <n=1>.\t
> "Instruction+": <n+>.\t
> 
> Alpha sub-instruction counter: starting at "a)" and incrementing
> ====================================================
> "Instruction Alpha-a": <a=1>)\t
> "Instruction Alpha-+": <a+>)\t
> 
> The numeric counters work fine by themselves and the alpha counters work
> fine.
> 
> However, if I follow the final alpha counter with another numeric counter,
> instead of using the next number (ie, picking up from the last numeric
> counter), Frame calculates the numeric counter by translating the final
alpha
> counter into a number and increments that (see step 5 (which should be
step
> 3) of "How it's currently working"). Weirdly, it follows the wrong counter
but
> uses the correct formatting.
> 
> I'm sure I'm missing something simple, but I have idea what it is.
> 
> I don't use this often, but it's crucial in a few places in a particular
manual
> (which was originally written in Word where it works just fine).
> 
> Alison
> 
> 
> How it should work:
> ================
> 1. first numeric instruction
> 2. second numeric instruction
>      a) first alpha sub-instruction
>      b) second alpha sub-instruction
>      c) third alpha sub-instruction
>      d) fourth alpha sub-instruction
> 3. third numeric instruction
> 4. fourth numeric instruction
> 5. fifth numeric instruction
> 
> How it's currently working:
> ======================
> 1. first numeric instruction
> 2. second numeric instruction
>      a) first alpha sub-instruction
>      b) second alpha sub-instruction
>      c) third alpha sub-instruction
>      d) fourth alpha sub-instruction
> 5. third numeric instruction
> 6. fourth numeric instruction
> 7. fifth numeric instruction
> 
> 
> Alison Craig
> Technical Writer, Engineering, Greenlight Innovation
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