Re: Adding fixed text to a single chapter's page numbering

[Les Smalley]

Thank you for the kind words and support for my auto-numbering paper, which is 
a decade old now and was current as of FM version 6 where the $chapnum and 
$volnum numbering variables were introduced.  I'm quite pleased to see that it 
is still a valuable and useful reference.
Thankfully, little has changed, although I know one thing that the paper 
misstates: the series label to identify different numbering sequences can be 
any single printable character, not just any upper- or lower-case letter, so 
there are far more that just 53 different series of numbering streams possible 
in a FM document.
While I haven't been associated with INFOCON since late 2008, I try to keep up 
with this list even if I'm not an active FM user in my present job (where I'm 
not even involved with the documentation group.)
Keep the faith, and Happy Framing!
– Les Smalley
--- On Mon, 2/7/11, Alan Litchfield a...@alphabyte.co.nz wrote:
Hi David,

Have a read of Lester's helpful summary here:

http://www.infocon.com/files/autonum.pdf

Good Luck

Alan

David Millis wrote:
 Frame 7.2

 My book begins and ends with chapters that use the small roman page
 numbering format. All other chapters except one use the continuing page
 number format of 1, 2, 3, ... The problem I can't figure out is I'd like
 to use the following page number format for my Appendix chapter: A-1,
 A-2, A-3, ... I've got a left and right Appendix master page using the
 format A-# and the Format  Document  Numbering  Page property is set
 to First Page # = 1 and Format is set to Numeric (14). Can someone
 please fill in the blanks so I can use this page number format for a
 single chapter?

 Thank you,

 David
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Adding fixed text to a single chapter's page numbering

[Les Smalley]

Thank you for the kind words and support for my auto-numbering paper, which is 
a decade old now and was current as of FM version 6 where the $chapnum and 
$volnum numbering variables were introduced. ?I'm quite pleased to see that it 
is still a valuable and useful reference.
Thankfully, little has changed, although I know one thing that the paper 
misstates: the series label to identify different numbering sequences can be 
any single printable character, not just any upper- or lower-case letter, so 
there are far more that just 53 different series of numbering streams possible 
in a FM document.
While I haven't been associated with INFOCON since late 2008, I try to keep up 
with this list even if I'm not an active FM user in my present job (where I'm 
not even involved with the documentation group.)
Keep the faith, and Happy Framing!
? Les Smalley
--- On Mon, 2/7/11, Alan Litchfield  wrote:
Hi David,

Have a read of Lester's helpful summary here:

http://www.infocon.com/files/autonum.pdf

Good Luck

Alan

David Millis wrote:
> Frame 7.2
>
> My book begins and ends with chapters that use the small roman page
> numbering format. All other chapters except one use the continuing page
> number format of 1, 2, 3, ... The problem I can't figure out is I'd like
> to use the following page number format for my Appendix chapter: A-1,
> A-2, A-3, ... I've got a left and right Appendix master page using the
> format A-# and the Format > Document > Numbering > Page property is set
> to First Page # = 1 and Format is set to Numeric (14). Can someone
> please fill in the blanks so I can use this page number format for a
> single chapter?
>
> Thank you,
>
> David
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Adding fixed text to a single chapter's page numbering

[Alan Litchfield]

Hi David,

Have a read of Lester's helpful summary here:

http://www.infocon.com/files/autonum.pdf

Good Luck

Alan

David Millis wrote:
> Frame 7.2
>
>
>
> My book begins and ends with chapters that use the small roman page
> numbering format. All other chapters except one use the continuing page
> number format of 1, 2, 3, ... The problem I can't figure out is I'd like
> to use the following page number format for my Appendix chapter: A-1,
> A-2, A-3, ... I've got a left and right Appendix master page using the
> format A-# and the Format > Document > Numbering > Page property is set
> to First Page # = 1 and Format is set to Numeric (14). Can someone
> please fill in the blanks so I can use this page number format for a
> single chapter?
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> David
>
>
>
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Adding fixed text to a single chapter's page numbering

[David Millis]

Frame 7.2

 

My book begins and ends with chapters that use the small roman page
numbering format. All other chapters except one use the continuing page
number format of 1, 2, 3, ... The problem I can't figure out is I'd like
to use the following page number format for my Appendix chapter: A-1,
A-2, A-3, ... I've got a left and right Appendix master page using the
format A-# and the Format  Document  Numbering  Page property is set
to First Page # = 1 and Format is set to Numeric (14). Can someone
please fill in the blanks so I can use this page number format for a
single chapter?

 

Thank you,

 

David

 

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Re: Adding fixed text to a single chapter's page numbering

[Alan Litchfield]

Hi David,

Have a read of Lester's helpful summary here:

http://www.infocon.com/files/autonum.pdf

Good Luck

Alan

David Millis wrote:
 Frame 7.2



 My book begins and ends with chapters that use the small roman page
 numbering format. All other chapters except one use the continuing page
 number format of 1, 2, 3, ... The problem I can't figure out is I'd like
 to use the following page number format for my Appendix chapter: A-1,
 A-2, A-3, ... I've got a left and right Appendix master page using the
 format A-# and the Format  Document  Numbering  Page property is set
 to First Page # = 1 and Format is set to Numeric (14). Can someone
 please fill in the blanks so I can use this page number format for a
 single chapter?



 Thank you,



 David



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RE: Adding fixed text to a single chapter's page numbering

[Combs, Richard]

David Millis wrote:
 
 My book begins and ends with chapters that use the small roman page
 numbering format. All other chapters except one use the continuing page
 number format of 1, 2, 3, ... The problem I can't figure out is I'd like
 to use the following page number format for my Appendix chapter: A-1,
 A-2, A-3, ... I've got a left and right Appendix master page using the
 format A-# and the Format  Document  Numbering  Page property is set
 to First Page # = 1 and Format is set to Numeric (14). Can someone
 please fill in the blanks so I can use this page number format for a
 single chapter?

I know my brain is slow because it's Monday, but I fail to see what the problem 
is. What you're describing sounds correct. 

So what's not correct? What blanks do you need to have filled? 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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RE: Adding fixed text to a single chapter's page numbering

[Combs, Richard]

David Millis wrote:
 
 I actually have figured out the Appendix page numbering that I wanted
 but now I'm stumped trying to get the TOC to reflect that same numbering
 format for the Appendix.

Keeping the conversation on the list allows others to benefit from it -- or to 
correct me if I tell you something stupid. :-) 

I see now what I missed before. You're hard-coding the A into the master 
pages instead of using the chapter number ($chapnum) variable. 

A better approach would be to put $chapnum-# in the footers. In Numbering 
Properties (via the book window, not in the file), set Chapter # for the 
appendix either to 1 and ALPHABETIC (N) or to A and Text. 

To make the TOC work, first of all, you need to be using a different paragraph 
format for the appendix title than for the chapter titles. Let's say it's 
called AppendixTitle. That's so that the generated TOC uses a different 
paragraph format for that entry, in this case AppendixTitleTOC. 

Then, in the reference page TOC flow, you just need to add the chapter number 
variable to the AppendixTitleTOC entry where appropriate. For instance, it 
might look like this (\t is a tab): 

$chapnum \t $paratext \t\t\t$chapnum-$pagenum 

In the generated TOC, that would look something like this: 

A   Title text of appendix ..A-1

Of course, you can omit the $chapnum before the title, precede it with 
Appendix, or whatever. 

HTH! 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
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Adding fixed text to a single chapter's page numbering

[David Millis]

Frame 7.2



My book begins and ends with chapters that use the small roman page
numbering format. All other chapters except one use the continuing page
number format of 1, 2, 3, ... The problem I can't figure out is I'd like
to use the following page number format for my Appendix chapter: A-1,
A-2, A-3, ... I've got a left and right Appendix master page using the
format A-# and the Format > Document > Numbering > Page property is set
to First Page # = 1 and Format is set to Numeric (14). Can someone
please fill in the blanks so I can use this page number format for a
single chapter?



Thank you,



David

Adding fixed text to a single chapter's page numbering

[Combs, Richard]

David Millis wrote:

> My book begins and ends with chapters that use the small roman page
> numbering format. All other chapters except one use the continuing page
> number format of 1, 2, 3, ... The problem I can't figure out is I'd like
> to use the following page number format for my Appendix chapter: A-1,
> A-2, A-3, ... I've got a left and right Appendix master page using the
> format A-# and the Format > Document > Numbering > Page property is set
> to First Page # = 1 and Format is set to Numeric (14). Can someone
> please fill in the blanks so I can use this page number format for a
> single chapter?

I know my brain is slow because it's Monday, but I fail to see what the problem 
is. What you're describing sounds correct. 

So what's not correct? What "blanks" do you need to have filled? 


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
--
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
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Adding fixed text to a single chapter's page numbering

[Combs, Richard]

David Millis wrote:

> I actually have figured out the Appendix page numbering that I wanted
> but now I'm stumped trying to get the TOC to reflect that same numbering
> format for the Appendix.

Keeping the conversation on the list allows others to benefit from it -- or to 
correct me if I tell you something stupid. :-) 

I see now what I missed before. You're hard-coding the "A" into the master 
pages instead of using the chapter number (<$chapnum>) variable. 

A better approach would be to put "<$chapnum-#>" in the footers. In Numbering 
Properties (via the book window, not in the file), set Chapter # for the 
appendix either to 1 and ALPHABETIC (N) or to A and Text. 

To make the TOC work, first of all, you need to be using a different paragraph 
format for the appendix title than for the chapter titles. Let's say it's 
called AppendixTitle. That's so that the generated TOC uses a different 
paragraph format for that entry, in this case AppendixTitleTOC. 

Then, in the reference page TOC flow, you just need to add the chapter number 
variable to the AppendixTitleTOC entry where appropriate. For instance, it 
might look like this (\t is a tab): 

<$chapnum> \t <$paratext> \t\t\t<$chapnum>-<$pagenum> 

In the generated TOC, that would look something like this: 

A   Title text of appendix ..A-1

Of course, you can omit the <$chapnum> before the title, precede it with 
"Appendix," or whatever. 

HTH! 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
--
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
--