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
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