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NinaBR
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November 25, 2019
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Autonumbering is being thrown off by numbered list

  • November 25, 2019
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Hi, all! As a FrameMaker newbie, I really appreciate everyone's help with my questions. I have another one for you that, like my other questions, probably has a simple answer.

 

I have created numbering for all of my heading styles, and it was working fine until one of my sections contained a numbered list. The numbering in that list seems to have thrown off the numbering in my headings. I've tweaked the paragraph styles, but with limited success. Here is a screenshot of what I've done, and I'm hoping the problem will be immediately obvious to those of you who understand this a little better than I do.

 

Thanks!

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Correct answer Bob_Niland

 

The FM default for autonumbers is no Series Label, which means that yes, autonumbers can step on each other.

You need to revise the various initial and follow-on paragraph formats to include Series Labels, such as, perhaps:
H:<n=1>.\t
H:<n+>.\t
for Headings, and
N:<n=1>.\t
N:<n+>.\t
for Numbered

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Bob_Niland
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Bob_NilandCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
November 25, 2019

 

The FM default for autonumbers is no Series Label, which means that yes, autonumbers can step on each other.

You need to revise the various initial and follow-on paragraph formats to include Series Labels, such as, perhaps:
H:<n=1>.\t
H:<n+>.\t
for Headings, and
N:<n=1>.\t
N:<n+>.\t
for Numbered

doug1120
Known Participant
November 25, 2019

Are the series letters arbitrary?  Or do you have to use H: for headings, N: for numbers, etc.?

LinSims
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 25, 2019

Arbitrary, but using things like H for headings and N for numbered is a useful mnemonic.

frameexpert
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 25, 2019

There are a couple of blog posts that will help you understand autonumbers:

http://frameautomation.com/framemaker-autonumber-primer/

http://frameautomation.com/advanced-autonumber-concepts/

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NinaBR
NinaBRAuthor
Inspiring
November 25, 2019

Thanks for these links! They didn't come up when I was looking for answers previously, and they're very helpful.

frameexpert
Community Expert
Community Expert
November 25, 2019

Try adding a "series" prefix to the main autonumbers. It can be any letter (case-sensitive) followed by a colon. For example,

S:<$chaptnum>.<$sectionnum>.<n+>

Leave the numbered list with no series prefix.

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NinaBR
NinaBRAuthor
Inspiring
November 25, 2019

Yes! I actually did was the poster below suggested (H for headings, N for numbered lists), and it worked like a charm! Thanks!