Joe Malin wrote:
> Most of the time, I can come up with good reasons for a
> decision, result, or process that seems "stupid". I'm always
> looking for better ways to do something, but I hesitate to
> call other ways "worse".
First, don't misinterpret me. I think a good case can be made for
Joe Malin wrote:
> Most of the time, I can come up with good reasons for a
> decision, result, or process that seems "stupid". I'm always
> looking for better ways to do something, but I hesitate to
> call other ways "worse".
First, don't misinterpret me. I think a good case can be made fo
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Subject: Re: Page Numbering Properties
Count me among those who think continuous numbering with a change in
format makes no sense. It strikes me as complet
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To: Framers
Subject: Re: Page Numbering Properties
Count me among those who think continuous numbering with a chang
Joe Malin wrote:
> Keen readers of Chicago's online Q&A will recognize this issue from last
> month; I was the one who asked the question. Alas, they didn't quite
> understand my point. The standard of numbering front and back matter
> separately from the body makes sense in a traditional world, a
Count me among those who think continuous numbering with a change in
format makes no sense. It strikes me as completely stupid,
counterintuitive, and guaranteed to confuse.
As for Joe's point about online reading:
> *THAT* is where the problem really lies. In the text, the author
refers
> to pa
Count me among those who think continuous numbering with a change in
format makes no sense. It strikes me as completely stupid,
counterintuitive, and guaranteed to confuse.
As for Joe's point about online reading:
> *THAT* is where the problem really lies. In the text, the author
refers
> to pa
Adding to the discussion, The Chicago Manual of Style gives the traditional
reason for numbering front matter and main text separately in both form and
count:
"The front matter of a book, especially in the United States, is paginated
with lowercase roman numerals for some of these pages (fo
> But, as Peter implied, I'm more interested in this as an entertaining
> examination of the standard and not as a solution to David's problem.
> That's why most of my message was an aside. I agree with Peter that FM
> ought to provide the ability to separate page sequences from page
> sequence for
of the sender, and do not
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From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com]
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 12:46 PM
Cc: Joe Malin; Framers (FrameMaker List)
Subject: Re: Page Numbering Properties
I disagree. From a
the sender, and do not
necessarily reflect those of TuVox, Inc.
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From: Stuart Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 12:46 PM
Cc: Joe Malin; Framers (FrameMaker List)
Subject: Re: Page Numbering Properties
I disagree. From a writer'
Hi, Joe:
At 10:40 AM -0800 3/6/06, Joe Malin wrote:
>I'm confused.
Sorry if I confused you by not being explicit about the examples of
book numbering that I referred to that " begin body matter at page 1,
or number front matter from page 1 and continue through body matter."
I should have said,
Joe Malin wrote:
Keen readers of Chicago's online Q&A will recognize this issue from last
month; I was the one who asked the question. Alas, they didn't quite
understand my point. The standard of numbering front and back matter
separately from the body makes sense in a traditional world, and I
s
s solution becomes cumbersome when publishing conditional books. For
>example, I need to produce six books from the same set of source files.
>The number of pages in the TOC can change from 6 to 8 to 10 depending on
>which book I am publishing, so I have to manually reset the Page
>Nu
Adding to the discussion, The Chicago Manual of Style gives the traditional
reason for numbering front matter and main text separately in both form and
count:
"The front matter of a book, especially in the United States, is paginated
with lowercase roman numerals for some of these pages (f
"Wollenberger, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a situation which I don't think is so unusual, and yet I can't
> seem to figure out how to get FM to handle it.
>
> Our TOC page numbering begins on iii and goes as long as it has to,
> ending on an even page.
>
> Our Chapter 1 begins on
"Wollenberger, David" wrote:
> I have a situation which I don't think is so unusual, and yet I can't
> seem to figure out how to get FM to handle it.
>
> Our TOC page numbering begins on iii and goes as long as it has to,
> ending on an even page.
>
> Our Chapter 1 begins on the next page afte
> But, as Peter implied, I'm more interested in this as an entertaining
> examination of the standard and not as a solution to David's problem.
> That's why most of my message was an aside. I agree with Peter that FM
> ought to provide the ability to separate page sequences from page
> sequence for
Hi, Joe:
At 10:40 AM -0800 3/6/06, Joe Malin wrote:
I'm confused.
Sorry if I confused you by not being explicit about the examples of
book numbering that I referred to that " begin body matter at page 1,
or number front matter from page 1 and continue through body matter."
I should have sai
e sender, and do not
necessarily reflect those of TuVox, Inc.
-Original Message-
From: Peter Gold [mailto:pe...@knowhowpro.com]
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:22 AM
To: Joe Malin; Wollenberger, David; Framers (FrameMaker List)
Subject: RE: Page Numbering Properties
Hi, folks:
When
e sender, and do not
necessarily reflect those of TuVox, Inc.
-Original Message-
From: Peter Gold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:22 AM
To: Joe Malin; Wollenberger, David; Framers (FrameMaker List)
Subject: RE: Page Numbering Properties
Hi, folks:
When
ce six books from the same set of source files.
The number of pages in the TOC can change from 6 to 8 to 10 depending on
which book I am publishing, so I have to manually reset the Page
Numbering Properties for Chapter 1 each time I publish version of the
book.
From my perspective, I could solve t
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Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 1:16 PM
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Subject: Page Numbering Properties
Using FM7.0p578 on WinXP
I have a situation which I don't think is so unusual, and yet I can
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Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 1:16 PM
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Using FM7.0p578 on
--- "Wollenberger, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I have a situation which I don't think is so
> unusual, and yet I can't seem to figure out how to
> get FM to handle it. Our TOC page numbering begins
> on iii and goes as long as it has to, ending on an
> even page.
> Our Chapter 1 begins on t
--- "Wollenberger, David"
wrote:
> I have a situation which I don't think is so
> unusual, and yet I can't seem to figure out how to
> get FM to handle it. Our TOC page numbering begins
> on iii and goes as long as it has to, ending on an
> even page.
> Our Chapter 1 begins on the next page after
e set of source files.
The number of pages in the TOC can change from 6 to 8 to 10 depending on
which book I am publishing, so I have to manually reset the Page
Numbering Properties for Chapter 1 each time I publish version of the
book.
e set of source files.
The number of pages in the TOC can change from 6 to 8 to 10 depending on
which book I am publishing, so I have to manually reset the Page
Numbering Properties for Chapter 1 each time I publish version of the
book.
>From my perspective, I could solve this if my company cha
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