Dear Framers,
For a series of technical manuals I am asked to describe sections with menu items. In the device these items are numbered numerically from 1 to 9 and then (due to lack of available digits) numbering continues alphanumerically with A, B, C etc. To make life easy for both reader and myself I need a section numbering mechanism that corresponds to the devices menu numbers (so 1 ...9, A...F). In fact, a hexadecimal numbering format would do as I never have more than 15 items in a row (meaning that I will never go beyond F). I might be able to find a solution based on manual numbering, but this is too error prone and labor intensive: I am talking about a series of roughly 100 manuals, all based on the same concept. Some have more menu options, some less. Some may even have some menu options in reverse order. I therefore want to define text insets for each menu item and import each menu option in a specific order in each book. I was thinking of using the paragraph numbering (counter) mechanism to keep track of the menu ID number. But this counter is only available as numeric, alphanumeric or roman. I need Hex (or alike)! If someone has a solution for me, it would be very grateful. I work with FM9 unstructured. Vriendelijke groet / Kind regards, Dick Spierings ' +31 (0)413 343786 " www.fluidwell.com <http://www.fluidwell.com/> * d.spierings at fluidwell.com
