I second Lin's solution! I usually keep my autonumbering documentation on a table on a reference page. This allows me to have access to it when using the file, rather than remembering the last place I left the .xls file!
-Matt Matt Sullivan GRAFIX Training matt at roundpeg.com www.roundpeg.com Office 714 960-6840 Cell & text 714 585-2335 SMS message 7145852335 at vtext.com skype: mattatroundpeg LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/grafixtraining facebook| plaxo Click to tell me the social media sites you belong to -----Original Message----- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Lin Sims Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 1:00 PM To: Eva Whitley Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: Weird autonumbering problem with Framemaker On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 3:44 PM, Eva Whitley <Eva.Whitley at noaa.gov> wrote: > Well, after literally hours of work, I've managed to trace the problem > to a bad second level heading that was causing the re-set. However, > fixing it meant trying to re-do the autonumbering on the headings, and > I just can't figure out how to structure the headings so Heading 1.1 > in Section 2 re-sets as 1.1, not as 4.1 (there are three headings at > that level in the first Section). I've asked my boss for the > assistance of someone who has had FrameMaker training to try to fix > the problem but I accept that it's beyond me. > > I also made a case for getting some training at our departmental > meeting today, so we'll see what develops there. > > I can't send the document out (in contains passwords) but I may be > able to send our template out if anyone wants to see how the document > is sent up now. > > Again, thanks for the help. Maybe someday I'll get training and be > able to help another newbie! > What helped me when I had more complicated numbering strings was to set up a spreadsheet. The first column contains the tags that need to be included in the numbering series. The first row contained a description of what the number was for. You plug the numbering blocks into the cells, and it's pretty easy to track when a reset needs to occur and the like. Remember when using a numbering string to provide it with a series tag (e.g., "H:" for headings) and to have the same number of blocks in each tag's string. That is, if your Heading1 is "1." and Heading2 is "1.1" and resets after each Heading1, then BOTH tags should contain 2 blocks. For example: Heading1 numbering string is "H:<n=1>.< =0>" Heading2 numbering string is "H:< >.<n+>" HTH -- Lin Sims _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as matt at grafixtraining.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/matt%40grafixtraining.co m Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.