RE: One problem down, one new one comes up
Ken Poshedly wrote: The problem was that no matter what I did, a preceding hyphen (dash, whatever) appeared with the numerical page number digit. Apparently, the problem was caused by a glitch. For instance, in the TOC I was working on, the variable definition for current page number is shown as $curpagenum with no hyphen included, yet a hyphen always preceded the numerical digit. I followed suggestions from you guys to import the format of another TOC instead of using the format of my body chapters. It worked. Note that now the variable definition for current page number is still shown as $curpagenum with no hyphen, and NO hyphen precedes the numerical digit. Go figure. This is perfectly logical. The variable is only the number, exactly as it should be. The hyphen was included as a literal character in the layout of the headers and footers for your chapter files, exactly as it should be. If you use the *same* template with the same page layouts for the TOC, you get a literal hyphen when you don't want it because it's part of the standard page layout. To get rid of it, you need to have a different page layout design for the TOC pages, either by adding custom master pages for the TOC to the standard template or by using a custom template for the TOC. -Fred Ridder ___ 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: One problem down, one new one comes up
Hey Fred, Got it, but it won't happen no more. grin -- Kenpo From: Fred Ridder docu...@hotmail.com To: poshe...@bellsouth.net; framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 10:19:51 AM Subject: RE: One problem down, one new one comes up Ken Poshedly wrote: The problem was that no matter what I did, a preceding hyphen (dash, whatever) appeared with the numerical page number digit. Apparently, the problem was caused by a glitch. For instance, in the TOC I was working on, the variable definition for current page number is shown as $curpagenum with no hyphen included, yet a hyphen always preceded the numerical digit. I followed suggestions from you guys to import the format of another TOC instead of using the format of my body chapters. It worked. Note that now the variable definition for current page number is still shown as $curpagenum with no hyphen, and NO hyphen precedes the numerical digit. Go figure. This is perfectly logical. The variable is only the number, exactly as it should be. The hyphen was included as a literal character in the layout of the headers and footers for your chapter files, exactly as it should be. If you use the *same* template with the same page layouts for the TOC, you get a literal hyphen when you don't want it because it's part of the standard page layout. To get rid of it, you need to have a different page layout design for the TOC pages, either by adding custom master pages for the TOC to the standard template or by using a custom template for the TOC. -Fred Ridder ___ 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: One problem down, one new one comes up
Ken Poshedly wrote: Apparently, the problem was caused by a glitch. For instance, in the TOC I was working on, the variable definition for current page number is shown as $curpagenum with no hyphen included, yet a hyphen always preceded the numerical digit. Not at all a glitch. You were using the master pages from your chapters, which have the hyphen in their footers between the chapter number and page number. I explained this to you. Maybe I wasn't sufficiently clear... I followed suggestions from you guys to import the format of another TOC instead of using the format of my body chapters. It worked. Note that now the variable definition for current page number is still shown as $curpagenum with no hyphen, and NO hyphen precedes the numerical digit. Go figure. Go learn about master pages. :-) 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.
Re: One problem down, one new one comes up
Hi Rich, Perhaps I did misunderstand you. Before posting my original request for help last week, I, of course, made sure that no chapter number was to be included in the footer and then checked the master page and footer of the TOC-in-progress. And yes, there was NO chapter number but there was a hyphen followed by the pound sign (#). And it could not be selected and deleted. And in checking the current page number variable definition, I made sure there was no hyphen preceding the open bracket for $curpagenum , but the hyphen still appeared in the master page footer for current page number. It continues to baffle me that no hyphen is in the variable definition but it appears anyway and cannot be slected for deletion in the master page view. It's sort of like a cartoon I saw some time ago of a scientist in front of a nearly full chalkboard of mathematical equations and at the very end are the words, And then a miracle happens. In any case, I accept that you are correct and I have much to learn from you. -- Kenpo From: Combs, Richard richard.co...@polycom.com To: Ken Poshedly poshe...@bellsouth.net; FrameMaker Users List framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 10:28:19 AM Subject: RE: One problem down, one new one comes up Ken Poshedly wrote: Apparently, the problem was caused by a glitch. For instance, in the TOC I was working on, the variable definition for current page number is shown as $curpagenum with no hyphen included, yet a hyphen always preceded the numerical digit. Not at all a glitch. You were using the master pages from your chapters, which have the hyphen in their footers between the chapter number and page number. I explained this to you. Maybe I wasn't sufficiently clear... I followed suggestions from you guys to import the format of another TOC instead of using the format of my body chapters. It worked. Note that now the variable definition for current page number is still shown as $curpagenum with no hyphen, and NO hyphen precedes the numerical digit. Go figure. Go learn about master pages. :-) 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.
