[Framers] Frame "Counter" Issue
Craig, Alison GLI/CA
acraig at greenlightinnovation.com
Thu May 5 16:34:27 PDT 2022
Thanks everyone, for all your help.
Bernard Aschwanden was especially helpful as he spent time with me on a video call.
He also pointed me to this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTMjHSsgMyE
Alison
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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
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> Behalf Of Craig, Alison GLI/CA
> Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2022 11:46 AM
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> 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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