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lsk2002
Inspiring
June 21, 2010
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Alpha numeric page numbers

  • June 21, 2010
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I would like to number pages using letters and numbers. When I put a number in for section and a letter in for sub-section, I get a message that the sub-section has to be a number. I have tried different variations with volume, chapter, section...ect.

I have several sections within this section, each of them is a different letter or combination of letters. See below.

3V-1

3P-1

3S-1

3SCR-1

3PM-1

3Accord

This will eventually be a very large book with many tabs. I want to get the numbering straight before I go to far.

Thanks for all help!

Ohhh...and by the way..I know I could type them in on the master pages, but I want them to show up in the TOC. I think I know how to do that if I can get the combination of letters and numbers using variables for section, chapter...ect.

ls

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    Michael_Müller-Hillebrand
    Michael_Müller-Hillebrand
    Legend
    June 22, 2010

    ls,

    So your chapter "numbers" are "3V", "3P", "3SCR" etc.? You can set the chapter number style to "Text" and enter any text you want.

    - Michael

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    lsk2002Author
    Inspiring
    June 22, 2010

    I promise I tried that before...lol...But it just changed it

    right in front of my eyes!! I think I was trying to make it too

    hard. I was trying to do section and subsection and I could

    have sworn that I tried using numbers in the text choice and

    it said no...lol....

    Thanks so much!!!

    Michael_Müller-Hillebrand
    Michael_Müller-Hillebrand
    Legend
    June 22, 2010

    lsk2002,

    I assume you are using FrameMaker 9, please check if it is 9.0p250.

    I assume you are using a book, so it is necessary to make the settings at the book level, because those settings override document settings.

    In the book, right-click a chapter and select Numbering. On the Chapter tab enter the chapter number you want and select format "Text". After clicking Set the setting is applied and wherever you use the system variable "Chapter Number" or the building block <$chapnum> this chapter number will be used. In my screenshot you can see that I used chapter numbers as part of the page header.

    If you continue to have problems, please give us more information (product versions, screenshots, whatever...)

    - Michael

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