Numbering steams and flows: solved
At 10:14 -0400 13/9/07, Stuart Rogers wrote: >> I am still, however, surprised that number streams reset >>at the start of a flow within the same document, although I suppose >>it makes some sort of sense. >> > >It makes a lot of sense if you suppose that the original purpose of multiple >flows in a document was to allow FM to emulate a page-layout program in >addition to its main use for book production. Articles laid out in newsletter >or magazine style constitute multiple, unrelated flows, and it would make >perfect sense to have unrelated numbering streams for them. Yes, now that I look at it this way, you're right, it does make sense. Little else has recently: I seem to be in the Project from Hell. > When we use multiple flows in a book situation, it's more likely to be as a > work-around for some unusual situation, and it's not surprising that the > numbering restart doesn't suit; it wasn't designed for that use. > >Don't let Frame's numbering get you "steamed"; remember, you could be working >in MS Word! :-) There are always small mercies to be thankful for. And big ones too. -- Steve
Numbering steams and flows: solved
Steve Rickaby wrote: > > I am still, however, surprised that number streams reset > at the start of a flow within the same document, although I suppose > it makes some sort of sense. > It makes a lot of sense if you suppose that the original purpose of multiple flows in a document was to allow FM to emulate a page-layout program in addition to its main use for book production. Articles laid out in newsletter or magazine style constitute multiple, unrelated flows, and it would make perfect sense to have unrelated numbering streams for them. When we use multiple flows in a book situation, it's more likely to be as a work-around for some unusual situation, and it's not surprising that the numbering restart doesn't suit; it wasn't designed for that use. Don't let Frame's numbering get you "steamed"; remember, you could be working in MS Word! :-) -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "It is not enough that I succeed. Others must fail." -- Oscar Wilde
Numbering steams and flows: solved
At 13:13 +0100 12/9/07, Steve Rickaby wrote: >As we know from previous discussions here, the column layout is a flow >property rather than a page property, so I must use a B flow for the 2-c >material. > >My question is, is there any way of preventing numbering streams from >restarting when the flow changes within a document? I'm a bit surprised to see >that FrameMaker views numbering streams as local to flows rather than global >to a document, but this is the case: if numbering is set at book level to >restart per-document, it also seems to restart for a new flow within that >document. My grateful thanks to Sarah O'Keefe, Peter 'KnowHowPro' and Richard Combs for help with this. As I now know, my assertion above that 'the column layout is a flow property rather than a page property' is incorrect, and therefore there is no need to use multiple flows, and the numbering problem goes away. For reference, the presence or absence of a side-head margin [although not, apparently, its dimensions] *is* a flow property, but the column layout is a frame property. I plead ignorance because in my usual work the only time I go multi-column is for an entire document, such as an index, with no side heads. I am still, however, surprised that number streams reset at the start of a flow within the same document, although I suppose it makes some sort of sense. -- Steve
Re: Numbering steams and flows: solved
At 10:14 -0400 13/9/07, Stuart Rogers wrote: >> I am still, however, surprised that number streams reset >>at the start of a flow within the same document, although I suppose >>it makes some sort of sense. >> > >It makes a lot of sense if you suppose that the original purpose of multiple >flows in a document was to allow FM to emulate a page-layout program in >addition to its main use for book production. Articles laid out in newsletter >or magazine style constitute multiple, unrelated flows, and it would make >perfect sense to have unrelated numbering streams for them. Yes, now that I look at it this way, you're right, it does make sense. Little else has recently: I seem to be in the Project from Hell. > When we use multiple flows in a book situation, it's more likely to be as a > work-around for some unusual situation, and it's not surprising that the > numbering restart doesn't suit; it wasn't designed for that use. > >Don't let Frame's numbering get you "steamed"; remember, you could be working >in MS Word! :-) There are always small mercies to be thankful for. And big ones too. -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Numbering steams and flows: solved
Steve Rickaby wrote: I am still, however, surprised that number streams reset at the start of a flow within the same document, although I suppose it makes some sort of sense. It makes a lot of sense if you suppose that the original purpose of multiple flows in a document was to allow FM to emulate a page-layout program in addition to its main use for book production. Articles laid out in newsletter or magazine style constitute multiple, unrelated flows, and it would make perfect sense to have unrelated numbering streams for them. When we use multiple flows in a book situation, it's more likely to be as a work-around for some unusual situation, and it's not surprising that the numbering restart doesn't suit; it wasn't designed for that use. Don't let Frame's numbering get you "steamed"; remember, you could be working in MS Word! :-) -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited Toronto, ON, Canada +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 srogers phoenix-geophysics com "It is not enough that I succeed. Others must fail." -- Oscar Wilde ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Numbering steams and flows: solved
At 13:13 +0100 12/9/07, Steve Rickaby wrote: >As we know from previous discussions here, the column layout is a flow >property rather than a page property, so I must use a B flow for the 2-c >material. > >My question is, is there any way of preventing numbering streams from >restarting when the flow changes within a document? I'm a bit surprised to see >that FrameMaker views numbering streams as local to flows rather than global >to a document, but this is the case: if numbering is set at book level to >restart per-document, it also seems to restart for a new flow within that >document. My grateful thanks to Sarah O'Keefe, Peter 'KnowHowPro' and Richard Combs for help with this. As I now know, my assertion above that 'the column layout is a flow property rather than a page property' is incorrect, and therefore there is no need to use multiple flows, and the numbering problem goes away. For reference, the presence or absence of a side-head margin [although not, apparently, its dimensions] *is* a flow property, but the column layout is a frame property. I plead ignorance because in my usual work the only time I go multi-column is for an entire document, such as an index, with no side heads. I am still, however, surprised that number streams reset at the start of a flow within the same document, although I suppose it makes some sort of sense. -- Steve ___ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
