You can set the Chapnum variable for the Preface (in the book file) to text and the value to a space.
Still need to get rid of the hyphen, but if that's manually added to the <$chapnum>-<$pagenuum> string, it's easy to remove. Art Campbell [email protected] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Nancy Allison <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, all. > > My manuals use chapter numbering, so an index entry for page 3 of chapter 5 > comes out like this: > > Apple pie recipe, 5-3 > > The front matter has roman numerals with no prefixes, so a reference to > Technical Support in the Preface should look like this: > > Technical Support, xiii > > However, because the Index marker set up on the Reference page assumes there > is a chapter number prefix for every entry, the Technical Reference Support > looks like this: > > 4-xiii, or 1-xiii, or 0-xiii > > depending on how I set the numbering property. > > I know I could solve the problem by moving to straight-through numbering, or > by moving the Tech Support information to some other location in a regular > chapter, but there are problems with both these solutions. Right now, I want > to stick with figuring out how to use Frame correctly to create the entry I > want, which would be > > Tech Support, xiii > > I know how to set up a new IX format in the Reference page of the Index, > which would use only the <$pagenum> variable. > > What I can't figure out is, how do I assign that format to the Preface entry > only? > > Thanks for all suggestions. > > --Nancy > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. > > Send list messages to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [email protected] > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to [email protected]. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as [email protected]. Send list messages to [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.
