xnumber in page headings
I've learned a lot by just following the conversations on this list, and thanks to all you EXPERTS who provide the answers. Hope you can help me. I'm working in FrameMaker 7.2 and have several FrameMaker books with the same template applied. In a .pdf of one of the books, instead of the current page number (like a 1, 2, ...) in the header, I see xnumber34. Yikes! The other books show the page number that I expect. Looking at the Master Page of the problematic book, I see Running H/F 1 xnumber# (without question marks). When selected, the xnumber# translates to Current Page # in Variables, and when I click Edit I see xnumber$curpagenum. In the boilerplate template and other books, looking at Master Pages, I do see Running H/F 1 #, and the pound sign is in red. When selected, the # translates to Current Page # in Variables, and when I click Edit, I see xnumber$curpagenum, the same as in the problematic book. I've searched FrameMaker Help and this list for info about xnumber and about displaying variables. Is there a display setting that is causing this problem? Do I have two totally different variables? What does the red color on the # sign mean? Bill Rost Technical Writer Retalix USA 5210 E. Williams Circle, Suite 300 Direct: (520) 298-7757 x 3192 Main: (520) 298-7757 Fax: (520) 747-1660 You can't push a rope. - old cowboy saying ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: xnumber in page headings
My first take on it is the xnumber is a user variable that a previous writer created, or maybe was imported from a pre-FM6 file, or another file format through a clumsy import. It sounds, from your description, that you would want to replace it with the $chapnum system variable so that your numbering is in the form chapter/page: 3-13. If you don't use that style of numbering, it's probably safe to delete, as far as page numbering goes. It may be in use somewhere else. The red color may be a conditional text setting or a character format, or even manually applied, but it's not related to counting -- it's a format attribute. Art Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com ... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl. -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Bill Rost bill.r...@retalix.com wrote: I've learned a lot by just following the conversations on this list, and thanks to all you EXPERTS who provide the answers. Hope you can help me. I'm working in FrameMaker 7.2 and have several FrameMaker books with the same template applied. In a .pdf of one of the books, instead of the current page number (like a 1, 2, ...) in the header, I see xnumber34. Yikes! The other books show the page number that I expect. Looking at the Master Page of the problematic book, I see Running H/F 1 xnumber# (without question marks). When selected, the xnumber# translates to Current Page # in Variables, and when I click Edit I see xnumber$curpagenum. In the boilerplate template and other books, looking at Master Pages, I do see Running H/F 1 #, and the pound sign is in red. When selected, the # translates to Current Page # in Variables, and when I click Edit, I see xnumber$curpagenum, the same as in the problematic book. I've searched FrameMaker Help and this list for info about xnumber and about displaying variables. Is there a display setting that is causing this problem? Do I have two totally different variables? What does the red color on the # sign mean? Bill Rost Technical Writer Retalix USA 5210 E. Williams Circle, Suite 300 Direct: (520) 298-7757 x 3192 Main: (520) 298-7757 Fax: (520) 747-1660 You can't push a rope. - old cowboy saying ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: xnumber in page headings
Bill Rost wrote: In a .pdf of one of the books, instead of the current page number (like a 1, 2, ...) in the header, I see xnumber34. Yikes! The other books show the page number that I expect. Looking at the Master Page of the problematic book, I see Running H/F 1 xnumber# (without question marks). When selected, the xnumber# translates to Current Page # in Variables, and when I click Edit I see xnumber$curpagenum. snip I've searched FrameMaker Help and this list for info about xnumber and about displaying variables. Is there a display setting that is causing this problem? Do I have two totally different variables? What does the red color on the # sign mean? There are only two things that appear in brackets in a variable definition: the variable building blocks (which, like $curpagenum, all start with a $) and character tags. So xnumber must be the name of a character format that's missing. The text is displayed because FM doesn't recognize it as a char tag name, so it treats it as literal text. The red color is an attribute of the xnumber char format. In the other books without the problem, I presume the page numbers are red. If you look in their character catalog, you'll see xnumber listed. If you import char formats from the template or a book without the problem, the word xnumber will go away and be replaced by the formatting of that tag. Why the Keeper of Templates wanted to make page numbers red is another issue. Richard Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
