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April 22, 2014
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Conditional text and table numbers

  • April 22, 2014
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I have a source doc from which I am going to generate two user guides (I am new at this). I have two conditional tags set, which I plan to show/hide as required to generate the final PDFs.

First snag: I have a products specification table, which is different for each guide. Using auto numbers, I have created the first table (1-1).

Then I add the second table (prod specs for the other product). It of course shows up as table 1-2 (and all sequential tables will be misnumbered). Using the Show/Hide command, I see the correct table.

How do I get correct sequential table numbers for each end document?

Thanks very much.

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Arnis Gubins
Inspiring
April 22, 2014

How is the numbering being applied to the tables? Are you using a sequence identifier jn the autonumber to keep the table numbering series separate? If so, then FM should reconcile the numbering when you hide a table.

Participant
April 22, 2014

No, I don't know about sequence identifiers. I just have auto-numbering turned on; I use a section/number parameter (that is probably the sequence identifier.?): C:Table <$sectionnum>–< >< ><n+>\t

The vast majority of the tables belong in both outputs; there are just a few which are separate. Though, now that I think of it, there are maybe two more tables in one of the docs than the other, and that messes up the numbering too.

Can I apply two separate numbering identifiers.sequences to a table? What would that look like?

Thank you.

Bob_Niland
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 22, 2014

C:Table <$sectionnum>–< >< ><n+>\t

The Sequence Number is that "C:".

If any other paragraph format is using that same sequence, it's apt to screw up your table numbering.

You might want to change it to "T:", of course, you'll have to check that for conflicts as well.