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September 29, 2023
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Alternative automatic numbering

  • September 29, 2023
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Hello!

I have a question regarding automatic numbering. FrameMaker 2019 has preset Building Blocks for automatic numbering (such as <n+>, <a+>, <R+> and so on).

Is it possible to organize a different type of automatic numbering (for example, using Cyrillic letters)?

 

With respect, Igor.

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    Correct answer IGOR5C0C

    Thank you all for your answers!

    It looks like my problem is unsolvable.

    Waiting for the Cyrillic version. 🙂

     

    Igor

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    IGOR5C0CAuthorCorrect answer
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    October 3, 2023

    Thank you all for your answers!

    It looks like my problem is unsolvable.

    Waiting for the Cyrillic version. 🙂

     

    Igor

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    Matt-Tech Comm ToolsCommunity Expert
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    October 2, 2023

    I would expect you'd need a Cyrillic version of FrameMaker to use those numbering streams automatically. 

    Unfortunately, these appear to be the only versions available.

     

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    Winfried RengCommunity Expert
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    September 29, 2023

    Hi Igor,

    That's a good question!

    I use the Google font Open Sans, which has characters for Western and Eastern European languages. When I set <a=1> to e.g. <a=200>, then it starts with gr. The numbering does not switch to characters of other languages.

    Possibly you can create a character format with a font with only cyrillic characters. Then use this for your numbering.

    Best regards, Winfried

    Bob_Niland
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    Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
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    September 29, 2023

    Although later FM's have added more numbering Format options for Paragraphs, none provide the ability to define arbitary glyph sequences as far as I know.

    Oddly, Footnotes do have the ability [Custom] to have arbitrary sequences. With some effort this can be gamed (via xref) to make body paras appear to be using that numbering.

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