Nancy, We number our images as described earlier (a text box positioned below the graphic with both the graphic and text box within an anchored frame).
In our case, our style is for the anchored frame is consistently 3.25 inches wide, variable height, right-aligned (on the right side of the page), and anchored as "Run into Paragraph" with the text on the left side of the page. Pretty standard. The graphic image itself is consistently 2.75 inches wide of variable height (depending on the subject being portrayed). NOTE: The reason for the slightly wider anchored graphic is to force the text at the left side of the page to be no more than 3.75 inches wide. Yeah, I know that the better way is to simply define that right-margin in Format --> Paragraph --> Designer --> Basic, but even though I prefer consistent page layout even if there is no graphic on the right side, I lost that battle and sometimes we have full-page width text, sometimes not. Some of you might recall my recent rants about my recent battle to use running headers instead of simply the chapter name in the chapter headers. This is a hell of a place. ANYWAY . . . The graphic numbering itself is done using a text string we named "Section Graphic Counter" located inside the small text box below the graphic (but inside the anchored frame). We found that one must be VERY detail-oriented with this stuff, because after having problems similar to yours (Nancy), we discovered the problem was in the syntax of the definition. Specifically, using Format --> Paragraph --> Designer --> Numbering, the building blocks were F:Fig. <$chapnum>-<n+> Yet, we found that sometimes, for whatever reason, the building blocks on some counters were Fig. <$chapnum>-<n+> (note the missing "F:" preceding the word "Fig.") Clicking on a correctly defined Section Graphic Counter, then choosing "Update All" took care of our numbering problems. Our remaining problem is how to position the graphic counter box consistently just-so; it's supposed to be flush left with the graphic and just a teeny-tiny bot below the graphic (note the professional distance description). That's my take on it. -- Kenpo in Atlanta ________________________________ From: Nancy Allison <[email protected]> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thu, May 24, 2012 10:58:41 AM Subject: Re: Re: Positioning Caption Under Run-in Figure Thanks to everyone who has replied on the list or privately! I discovered that I didn't have the problem I thought I had. I had another one. If you are curious, read on. I was adding x-refs into the text methodically, going from figure to figure. When I went looking for Figure 2-8, it wasn't there in the Cross-ref'erence drop-down list.. The list skipped from Figure 2-7 to Figure 2-10. I assumed that it happened because I'd put the captions to Figures 2-8 and 2-9 into the anchored frame and Frame had not "seen" them. I didn't scroll down further, because never in 20 years has FrameMaker listed the figure numbers out of order. But when I do scroll down in the listing in the Cross-Reference box, the list goes like this: Figure 2-6 Figure 2-7 Figure 2-10 Figure 2-8 Figure 2-9 Figure 2-9 Figure 2-10 Figure 2-8 Figure 2-11 Figure 2-12 and on normally. Now I am hunting through the file using Find -- Paragraph Tag "Caption" to see what it turns up. Maybe I've buried figure tags behind anchored frames or some such bizarre thing. This problem is definitely related to my use of Run-in anchored frames, which I've never used before . . . but I think I did something strange, not FrameMaker! --Nancy _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as poshedly at bellsouth.net. 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/poshedly%40bellsouth.net Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ________________________________ From: Nancy Allison <[email protected]> To: framers at lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thu, May 24, 2012 10:58:41 AM Subject: Re: Re: Positioning Caption Under Run-in Figure Thanks to everyone who has replied on the list or privately! I discovered that I didn't have the problem I thought I had. I had another one. If you are curious, read on. I was adding x-refs into the text methodically, going from figure to figure. When I went looking for Figure 2-8, it wasn't there in the Cross-ref'erence drop-down list.. The list skipped from Figure 2-7 to Figure 2-10. I assumed that it happened because I'd put the captions to Figures 2-8 and 2-9 into the anchored frame and Frame had not "seen" them. I didn't scroll down further, because never in 20 years has FrameMaker listed the figure numbers out of order. But when I do scroll down in the listing in the Cross-Reference box, the list goes like this: Figure 2-6 Figure 2-7 Figure 2-10 Figure 2-8 Figure 2-9 Figure 2-9 Figure 2-10 Figure 2-8 Figure 2-11 Figure 2-12 and on normally. Now I am hunting through the file using Find -- Paragraph Tag "Caption" to see what it turns up. Maybe I've buried figure tags behind anchored frames or some such bizarre thing. This problem is definitely related to my use of Run-in anchored frames, which I've never used before . . . but I think I did something strange, not FrameMaker! --Nancy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20120524/2df0f7a8/attachment.html>
