Ok, I've found out why it was going wrong. It seems that the first document in the book using chapnum has to have an override setting the chapnum to start at 1 (this document being the third in the book, after the cover and ToC).
-----Original Message----- From: Harro de Jong [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 13 August 2013 11:05 To: Alastair Dent; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Chapter numbers Alastair Dent wrote: > I have documents that start with a tag called 'ChapTitle' and some > that start with Heading1. > > The reference pages are set up so that pages with 'ChapTitle' on them > will use the 'First' master page. This has a header with the chapter > number in it. Pages starting with Heading1 are Right/Left and don't > have a chapternumber > > Every file in the book is set to 'Continue Numbering from Previous > Chapter in book'. > > The chapter numbers increment correctly. > > The document with a Heading1 tag should show the numbering '3.1'. It > doesn't, it shows '4.1'.? The chapter number has incremented. > > Why is this? It sounds like you've got two numbering systems going on. One uses <$Chapnum>, the other uses paragraph numbers instead. You can influence the <$Chapnum> numbering with the Format-Document-Numbering dialog, tab 'Chapter' You can influence the paragraph numbering with the Format-Document-Numbering dialog, tab 'Paragraph'. Check the Numbering properties of the ChapTitle and the Heading1 paragraph tags. You should use the same numbering system in all para tags that have a paragraph number. Harro de Jong
