Thanks so much!! On 2/13/2010 3:07 AM, Hussein Shafie wrote: > Mary Anne Rosato wrote: > >> You answered this question for me a while back but I seem to have >> misplaced the email - my apologies. I am authoring a multi-chapter >> document and to make things easy for my readers to follow, I would like >> the generated pdf to have the chapter number included in the section >> numbering. So that, for example, Chapter 1, Section 2 is numbered as 1.2. >> >> I know that to do this I must use the *Options*|*Customize >> Configuration*|*Change Document Conversion Parameters* menu item - but >> I forget which parameter I need to tweak. Which one is it? >> >> > There is a very simple way to find answers to previous support requests. > Simply use the search Box found at the top/right of all HTML pages of > the http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/ sub-site. > > I typed "Include Chapter Numbers in Section Numbering" in this Search > Box et voil?! it immediately found what follows: > > http://www.xmlmind.com/pipermail/xmleditor-support/2009-May/007651.html > --- > Mary Anne Rosato wrote: > >> >> We are creating some large, multi-chapter technical documentation, and >> the client requested that chapter numbers be added to the section >> numbers to alleviate confusion about what chapter people are in. How is >> this done? >> >> >> >> > My answer assume that you are talking about DocBook documents. > > --> If you want to change what the authors see on screen, you need to > customize the DocBook CSS style sheets. > > There is no way to do this from within XMLmind XML Editor. > > Normally this kind of customization is done by a consultant (I mean: not > by the technical writer). This consultant must refer to "Replacing an > existing CSS style sheet" -- > http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/_distrib/doc/configure/replace_css.html > > > > --> If you want to change what is generated by the "DocBook|Convert > Document" menu, you need to customize the DocBook XSL style sheets. > > Fortunately for your specific problem, this can be done from within > XMLmind XML Editor. > > Please follow this procedure: > > [1] Open a DocBook document. > > [2] Select menu item "Options|Customize|Change Document Conversion > Parameters". > > [3] Using the "Group of parameters" combobox, select "Convert to PDF, > PostScript". > > [4] Click "Add". > > [5] Type: > > section.label.includes.component.label > > in the "Name" field. > > Type: > > 1 > > in the "Value" field. > (See attached screenshot). > > [6] Click OK twice. > > Now please convert the DocBook document to PDF and you'll see that the > section numbers include the number of their parent chapter. > > The above procedure is done once for all and will survive XMLmind XML > Editor upgrades. > > If you need to convert your documents to formats other than PDF or > PostScript, then you need to repeat the procedure but this time, in step > #3, you'll select another format (e.g. "Convert to Multi-page HTML"). > --- > > >
-- Mary Anne Rosato Technical Writer ET International, Inc. maryanne at etinternational.com
