I've not used chapter-x numbering in a long time. Unless a document is maintained in a binder and you update and send just some chapters, I see no benefit to it. These days, we generally just send out the whole PDF, not individual chapters. Others may have a different process, but this has been working for my clients for years.
I've numbered all my books for quite some time 1 through x for all numbering: pages, tables, and figures. If the chapter numbering isn't serving a specific purpose, I'd consider numbering everything 1 through x and make it all easier to maintain. I'm often in a crunch to make one or two last-minute updates and deliver the final version. I try to keep things simple (but still useful and usable), so that it is as easy as possible to not mess up when I get rushed. The more complexity, the easier it is to hose things up. HTH. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Linda G. Gallagher TechCom Plus, LLC lindag at techcomplus dot com www.techcomplus.com 303-450-9076 or 800-500-3144 User guides, online help, FrameMaker and WebWorks ePublisher templates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Nancy Allison [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 8:59 AM To: lindag at techcomplus.com Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: RE: Conditional text for single-sourcing Hi, Linda. This is an interesting approach -- and I can easily see how we tech writers may develop standards that are pickier than our clients would ever require . . . just because we can, darn it! My manual has chapter page numbers (3-1 to 3-25, then 4-1 to 4-13, etc.). The table and figure numbers follow this pattern (Figure 3.2, Table 4.6, etc.) In this case, would you number table and figures straight through? Would you keep the chapter-# numbering scheme? I have to admit . . the illogic of keeping the #s is making my perfectionist tendencies unhappy, but then again, your (and my) clients aren't paying us to satisfy our personal perfectionism, are they! Thanks. --Nancy On May 12, 2009, Linda G. Gallagher <lindag at techcomplus.com> wrote: Nancy, I know some folks may disagree with my approach, but I'll share it in case it might work for you. For the online help version of content, I do remove chapter numbering. I number tables and figures 1 through x throughout the whole "book" in both the print and help. I retain the table and figure numbers in the help, so that I can refer to them.
