I have a challenge with autonumbering, and can't recall the solution. (Ran into this unusual numbering style some years ago.) I am trying to get a complex autonumbering sequence to work in unstructured FM7.2 on Windows.
I'm assisting a customer with a template that requires the following numbered paragraphs to occur w/in one document: Step 10: How to rinse the sink <body text> Step 20: How to dry the sink <text> Table 20.a <table> Table 20.b <table> Figure 20.a <Figure> Step 30: How to fill the sink <body text> Figure 30.a <Figure> In other words, both Table Title and Figure Title have to inherit their primary number from the "Step". The problem is how to maintain a separate number stream for Tables and Figures that will let them number sequentially, and not be affected by one another. Here are my para number definitions: Step = S:Step <n+>0: Table = S:Table <n>0.<a+> Figure = S:Figure <n>0.<a+> When mixing Figures and Tables I get results like these: Step 10: Figure 10.a Figure 10.b Figure 10.c Table 10.d Step 20: ... The "Table" needs to number at "Table 10.a" I thought of using <$chapnum> for the primary <n+> in the "Step" para, but <$chapnum> will not number sequentially w/in the same document. Using the following definitions works for one "Step 10:" but there is no way to have "Step 20:" number sequentially: Step = S:Step <$chapnum>0: Table = F:Figure <$chapnum>0.<a+> Figure = T:Table <$chapnum>0.<a+> These definitions produce the following results: Step 10: Figure 10.a Figure 10.b Figure 10.c Table 10.a Step 10: FYI -- this document does not require or use a conventional numbered chapter heading. Can anyone out there think of an autonumbering pattern in FrameMaker (7.2) that will work for the sequence I describe at the beginning of my email? Any and all advice welcomed. Maxwell Hoffmann/ENLASO (805) 807-0853
