Hi! I received a reply that suggested using Arabic numerals throughout rather than worrying about different schemes. Being a relative newcomer, I have clung to the Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) way like a drowning man to a life raft. Thinking about it now, I see that numbering front matter in roman may be nothing more than a historical artifact.
When, in the "old" days, we wrote text and paginated it by hand before the front matter was ready, we could not know how many pages the front matter would have. We had to start our text numbering at 1, and set a different numbering scheme for front matter. Why do that now with a book that may never be put to paper? Instead, use sequential numbering starting with the Title page as 1. To preserve the style of front matter, perhaps use roman numerals, but then allow the first page of text to be something other than 1. Would readers care? Would someone else be upset? Joe Malin Technical Writer (408)625-1623 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.tuvox.com The views expressed in this document are those of the sender, and do not necessarily reflect those of TuVox, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Joe Malin Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 10:10 AM To: framers@FrameUsers.com Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Setting Logical Page Numbering from FrameMaker Good morning, all! Acrobat/PDF 7 has a feature called logical page numbering. This allows you to display the PDF page numbers starting with 1 as the first page, and also the document's page numbers, starting with whatever number is on the first page (usually i). This accounts for front and back matter in a book. The document page number appears in the page display at the bottom, followed by the PDF number in parentheses. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
