Hi,
I'm soliciting the 2 cents from the pros before I'm getting myself into
trouble, and I apologize for the long post. I'm using Frame 7.0 on Mac
10.3.9. and no FrameScript. I have a book with the following structure:
Title
TOC
LOF based on 2 paragraph tags with the same numbering tag
LOT based on 2 paragraph tags with the same numbering tag
LOP based on one paragraph tag for 'Boxes' in the document
Abbreviations
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7 and 8
?For chapters 1 through 8 the numbering of chapters is only in the
paragraph numbering, not in the numbering definition of the book.
Chapter 7 and 8 are still in one file.
?Headings are numbered 1, 1.1, 1.1.1
?Figures and Tables are numbered with separate tags, continuously
throughout all 8 chapters
?Some figures are split into panels numbered 1a), 1b), but there is
always one caption for the whole Figure.
Appendix A
?Headings are numbered A.1
?Figures and Tables are numbered A?1
File with more Appendix A, all in landscape format
Appendix B
References
IX
(1) This book has a numbering issue with anchored frames.
The numbering setting is to continue the numbering from the previous
paragraph in the book, and it is consistent in the book and in each
document. However, this does not work when the first occurrence of the
paragraph happens to be in an anchored frame. In that case Frame
stubbornly restarts numbering for that paragraph / tag, and it happens
for paragraphs containing any numbering tag. As soon as I enter the
same paragraph format in the flow (somewhere before the anchored frame)
the numbering continues correctly. Any ideas or workarounds?
(2) In addition, I'd like to make a number of numbering changes. Maybe
these changes should be done first, because it includes restarting the
numbering in each chapter, which could make the issue detailed above
obsolete. However, I'm not sure if there is any order in which I should
tackle these changes. I'm particularly uncertain if I'm missing
something about numbering definitions of the book vs. numbering in the
paragraph format that could get me in trouble.
?> Introducing Parts should be the easy part:
Part I: Chapters 1 to 3
Part II: Chapters 4 to 6
Part III: Chapters 7 to 8
I was planning to create a new paragraph tag and to include that in the
TOC.
?> Change the numbering of Figures and Tables to Chapter?Figure or
Chapter?Table, respectively, e.g. Figure?1?1. Thus the numbering
restarts in each chapter.
I've done the combined numbering in the Appendix, with a structure of
empty brackets in the auto-numbering format,
e.g. A:<A>.<n+>< >< >< >\t
Should I do the same for the main chapters 1 through 8, or is there
something that I'm missing about the chapter numbering definition of
the book?
Please note that I have multiple paragraph tags for Figures and Tables,
so there are 2 numbering tags but 5 paragraph tags in total: Figure,
FigureWithSource, TableTitle, TableTitleWithSource, and another
paragraph tag for the Figures that are split into panels. The 'with
source' paragraphs have a different spacing, ruler and 'next paragraph'
property, because they are followed by a paragraph indicating the
source. However, they are using the same numbering tag, so there are
only 2 numbering tags, one for Figures and one for Tables. Also, the
paragraph tag for split Figures with panels numbered 1a), 1b) uses the
same numbering tag. However, these panels are not included in the List
of Figures. The caption for the whole figure that gets into the LOF is
either a paragraph Figure or FigureWithSource.
Again, the goal it to change the numbering to Chapter?Figure or
Chapter?Table, respectively. I guess that I can handle that with the
correct structure in the empty-brackets-approach, where Figure and
FigureWithSource have to use the same item in the list. To get the
'Figures with panels', I'll probably need another item in the
structure. Again, the question is whether there is a better way of
doing this, using the chapter numbering definition in the book? Is it
possible to use a variable definition like <$chapnum> in the
auto-numbering of a paragraph tag?
?> I'm also grateful for any tips how to make these changes across the
book without FrameScript.
?> How bad is it to have 2 chapters in one file? I don't mind to split
the file. I'm asking purely out of curiosity, and I already brace
myself for the outcry this question might provoke.
Last but not least, all these Lists of ? are taking up too much space.
The closest that I could move them together is to start each file on
the next available page. Is it possible to have all the List of
Figures, Tables, and Paragraphs in one file but as three separate
lists?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion.
Dona
