Leah Smaller wrote: > I have 2 books where book 1 uses files 1 - 10 and book 2 uses > some of the same files (let's say files 5 - 7). > > I want to set up the books (files) so that in book 1 all the > pages are numbered consecutively, starting from page 1 in > file 1. Thus the first page in file 5 will be, for instance, > page 35. > > I also want the pages in book 2 to start from 1; here file 5 > needs to start at page 1. > > How can I set up the numbering so this happens automatically > and the page number in files 5 - 7 are appropriate in each > book without requiring human intervention.
File 5 doesn't "know" its starting page number in book 1 until you update book 1. After all, you could have added/removed pages or whole chapters before it since the last time the book was updated. When you update book 1, of course, then file 5 "knows" the correct starting number for _that_ book. But FM files don't contain a record of what books they're part of and where they belong in the book (understandably, IMHO). So file 5 "remembers" its book 1 starting number until you open book 2 and update that. Then, file 5 is handed a new starting page number, and it "forgets" the one it had before. So, getting a book's pagination correct (not to mention its generated lists) if it shares files with another book _requires_ that you update the book. To do that without human intervention, I'd suggest scripting it with FrameScript. HTH! Richard ------ Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------