RE: Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-24 Thread Pete Rourke
Thanks Richard, I started the LOF with the $paranum and then started looking for alternatives that started this chain of communications. (Very educational-BTW) I have gone back to where I started from with the numbered figures. I actually do cross reference by them all through the book. Thanks

RE: Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-24 Thread Shuttleworth, Roger
And another suggestion regarding getting markers into paragraphs of a particular format (assuming you don't use IXGen): Do a Find using the specific paragraph format. When you do Find Next, the paragraph is selected. Then Esc,s,m will open the marker box with the text already in it. But remember

Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Pete Rourke
FM8 Windows XP I started from the book addList of Figures using the paragraph tag, Caption, but I have not figured out how to put this into the reference page (like what the standard index does) to do the alphabetical sorting. Is there a special marker for figures? I have 2 pages of 2

RE: Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Combs, Richard
Pete Rourke wrote: I started from the book addList of Figures using the paragraph tag, Caption, but I have not figured out how to put this into the reference page (like what the standard index does) to do the alphabetical sorting. If you want alphabetical, you need an index.

RE: Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Frank Stearns
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Combs, Richard wrote: Pete Rourke wrote: I started from the book addList of Figures using the paragraph tag, Caption, but I have not figured out how to put this into the reference page (like what the standard index does) to do the alphabetical sorting. snips You can

RE: Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Pete Rourke
Thanks Fred, I missed the paragraph in the book about order of occurrence. J Knowing this, I will tighten up the style rules of my captions. Thanks Pete From: Fred Ridder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE:

RE: Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Pete Rourke
Thanks Richard, This is great information, I think the task would be daunting to create my own index of figures, and I'm not certain of the value. The probable resolution to my issue is to include the Figure 1-12 in the LOF as opposed to just the text of the caption. This would help the reader

RE: Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Combs, Richard
Frank Stearns wrote: (This entire process could be scripted, of course.) Or, you could use IXgen to do this in just a few moments. You can create markers from specific para tags, such as those used for the captions; and you can create markers of whatever type you wanted (including

Re: Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Stuart Rogers
Pete Rourke wrote: FM8 Windows XP I started from the book addList of Figures using the paragraph tag, Caption, but I have not figured out how to put this into the reference page (like what the standard index does) to do the alphabetical sorting. Is there a special marker for

RE: Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Pete Rourke
Absolutely great advice. I'm learning new tricks. I have gone back to putting the $paranum in the LOF, which is sufficient. Thanks again Pete -Original Message- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

RE: Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Pete Rourke
Thanks Roger, I have learned the hard way about replacing text. It took me forever to make my standard index clean up from such mistakes. Thanks again Pete -Original Message- From: Shuttleworth, Roger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:31 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Pete: If I understand your need correctly, you can do it this way: If your source paragraphs look like this (I used autonumbered tables, you can use figures): Table 1:zzz ...content... Table 2:ccc ...content... Table 3:www ...content... Table 4:aaa ...content... Table 5:nnn * Use Special

Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Pete Rourke
FM8 Windows XP I started from the book add>List of > Figures using the paragraph tag, Caption, but I have not figured out how to put this into the reference page (like what the standard index does) to do the alphabetical sorting. Is there a special marker for figures? I have 2 pages of 2

Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Frank Stearns
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Combs, Richard wrote: > Pete Rourke wrote: > >> I started from the book add>List of > Figures using the >> paragraph tag, Caption, but I have not figured out how to put >> this into the reference page (like what the standard index >> does) to do the alphabetical sorting.

Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Pete Rourke
Thanks Fred, I missed the paragraph in the book about order of occurrence. J Knowing this, I will tighten up the style rules of my captions. Thanks Pete From: Fred Ridder [mailto:docu...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:47 AM To: pete.rourke at reefpt.com Subject:

Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Pete Rourke
Thanks Richard, This is great information, I think the task would be daunting to create my own index of figures, and I'm not certain of the value. The probable resolution to my issue is to include the "Figure 1-12" in the LOF as opposed to just the text of the caption. This would help the reader

Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Combs, Richard
Frank Stearns wrote: > > (This entire process could be scripted, of course.) > > Or, you could use IXgen to do this in just a few moments. You > can create markers from specific para tags, such as those > used for the captions; and you can create markers of whatever > type you wanted

Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Stuart Rogers
Pete Rourke wrote: > FM8 Windows XP > > > > I started from the book add>List of > Figures using the paragraph tag, > Caption, but I have not figured out how to put this into the reference page > (like what the standard index does) to do the alphabetical sorting. > > > > Is there a special

Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Pete Rourke
Absolutely great advice. I'm learning new tricks. I have gone back to putting the <$paranum> in the LOF, which is sufficient. Thanks again Pete -Original Message- From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:05 PM To: pete.rourke at

Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Pete Rourke
Thanks Roger, I have learned the hard way about replacing text. It took me forever to make my standard index clean up from such mistakes. Thanks again Pete -Original Message- From: Shuttleworth, Roger [mailto:roger_shuttlewo...@tvworks.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:31 PM

Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Peter Gold
Hi, Pete: If I understand your need correctly, you can do it this way: If your source paragraphs look like this (I used autonumbered tables, you can use figures): Table 1:zzz ...content... Table 2:ccc ...content... Table 3:www ...content... Table 4:aaa ...content... Table 5:nnn * Use Special >

Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Pete Rourke
Thanks Richard, I started the LOF with the <$paranum> and then started looking for alternatives that started this chain of communications. (Very educational-BTW) I have gone back to where I started from with the numbered figures. I actually do cross reference by them all through the book.

Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables

2008-01-23 Thread Shuttleworth, Roger
And another suggestion regarding getting markers into paragraphs of a particular format (assuming you don't use IXGen): Do a Find using the specific paragraph format. When you do Find Next, the paragraph is selected. Then Esc,s,m will open the marker box with the text already in it. But remember