Hi Alison,
short information: FrameMaker is looking for the last occurrence of an
automatic numbering regardless of the used numbering scheme.
In your case it was "d)", so for FrameMaker the next (alpha)numeric value
is "5".
Richard did already mention one possible solution.
Another solution is to use "flow of numbers" (FrameMaker calls it "Series
label").
In FrameMaker it is possible to define a series label using a capital
letter in front of the numbering scheme.
Then FrameMaker does not look at the very last automatic numbering, but at
the last automatic numbering in the specified series label.
So your numbering schemes would be:
"Instruction1": A:<n=1>.\t
"Instruction+": A:<n+>.\t
"Instruction Alpha-a": B:<a=1>)\t
"Instruction Alpha-+": B:<a+>)\t
Stephan Will
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Date: Thu, 5 May 2022 18:16:47 +0000
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Hi Alison,
You have one counter using two formats.
You must use two counters, one for each format as follows:
"Instruction1": <n=1>< >.\t
"Instruction+": <n+>< >.\t
"Instruction Alpha-a": < ><a=1>)\t
"Instruction Alpha-+": < ><a+>)\t
There are other ways to do this. This is only one way.
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I've had to add in a layer of alpha-based "sub-instructions" in my manual
formatting-but Frame is not cooperating. Normally I use plain bullets, but these new
items must be completed in a specific order, hence the alpha numbering (per the manual
conventions).
Numeric instruction counter: starting at "1." and incrementing
===================================================
"Instruction1": <n=1>.\t
"Instruction+": <n+>.\t
Alpha sub-instruction counter: starting at "a)" and incrementing
====================================================
"Instruction Alpha-a": <a=1>)\t
"Instruction Alpha-+": <a+>)\t
The numeric counters work fine by themselves and the alpha counters work fine.
However, if I follow the final alpha counter with another numeric counter, instead of
using the next number (ie, picking up from the last numeric counter), Frame calculates
the numeric counter by translating the final alpha counter into a number and increments
that (see step 5 (which should be step 3) of "How it's currently working").
Weirdly, it follows the wrong counter but uses the correct formatting.
I'm sure I'm missing something simple, but I have idea what it is.
I don't use this often, but it's crucial in a few places in a particular manual
(which was originally written in Word where it works just fine).
Alison
How it should work:
================
1. first numeric instruction
2. second numeric instruction
a) first alpha sub-instruction
b) second alpha sub-instruction
c) third alpha sub-instruction
d) fourth alpha sub-instruction
3. third numeric instruction
4. fourth numeric instruction
5. fifth numeric instruction
How it's currently working:
======================
1. first numeric instruction
2. second numeric instruction
a) first alpha sub-instruction
b) second alpha sub-instruction
c) third alpha sub-instruction
d) fourth alpha sub-instruction
5. third numeric instruction
6. fourth numeric instruction
7. fifth numeric instruction
Alison Craig
Technical Writer,?Engineering, Greenlight Innovation
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