building blocks for numbering

Christelle,<br /><br />Did you verify the numbering string, as mentioned in an earlier message in this thread? Something like:<br /> F:<$chapnum>.<n>.<n+>.\t <br /><br />Art

Art,

i've already read two books on Framemaker and i still have my numbering issue. I took a document that already existed and i do not know if everything was done correctly.
I've already updated all the chapters thanks to you. However table and figures still start at 1 on each chapter.

Roberto,
Yes, it should work automatically, provided you keep all the insets and text in the same text flow -- A is the default; so long as you don't change that, all the counters will just keep clicking over.

Art

Christelle,

No, assuming your paragraphs are set properly, it should just work.

And yes, you need to update and save the book file for the numbering to change -- setting the tabs just tells the program what to do; it doesn't automagically change things on its own.

The Chapter numbering probably went south because you haven't set up the numbering for those properly -- again, select all the chapters except the first one in the book file, right-click, select Numbering and set things up on the Chapter tab to number based on the preceding chapter, just as you did on the Paragraph tab.

You may want to read over the Help file to better understand how numbering works...

Art

Art,

Thanks a lot for your answer.
Should i have to set paragraph one by one? And after should i have to update the entire book? the last time i did that,all the chapter have the same number..(32).

Thanks a lot for your help.

regards

Happy new year to all of you!

Thank you so much Art and Arnis.
Just as you mentioned, the label was missing in the string and now everything is correct. However, I have a question about the impact it may have on a future book that I`m planning to build.
The thing is that I`m writing on a sort of master empty document pieces of text or sections of a document in a series of text flows that I will use as text insets later on in different books. If I keep the same label for the multilevel numbering for headings in the books and in the master document, will that be alright to ensure stability and coherence in the books that will be built?

Thanks once again.

Roberto

Christelle,
In the book file, select the component files, right click, select Numbering, and set the paragraph numbering to inherit from the previous file instead of restarting.

Art

Hello, <br /><br />I have several problems with numbering. The figures and the tables are not increasing even though the paragraph configuration includes <n+1>.<br />Thus, at the beginning of each chapter, the number of table or figure starts at 1.<br />What can i do?

Roberto,<br /><br />Are you specifying a numbering track by prefacing the string with a letter?<br /><br />Like:<br /> H:<$chapnum>.<n>.<n+>.\t <br />or some other letter that isn't in use in another numbering track?<br /><br />Art

Art,
I already checked for the space by adding a + to the n in the block so I could get 1.40.38 for example and room doesn`t seem to be the problem.
However, something is resetting the n value...
I`m dealing with multilevel numbering for headings and this is the first time that I use that for I usually try to avoid such practice, but this time I don`t have another choice.
Thanks,

Roberto