How do I modify the TOC to show 0100 00 as chapter number?

Hello Alice,

WP is just text used to represent a repeating term. In this case, WP stands for Work Package. This is just another way of saying chapter, and is a part of the specification mentioned above.

Jim

Hi, Jim,

Thanks for your explanation. BTW, what is "WP"? Did you type it yourself?

Hello all,

I apologize for not replying earlier (at least to say thanks).

Okay, here is what I did to get the space to go in between the 0100 and 00:

1. From the book level, highlight a chapter and then select Format>Document>Numbering.
2. Next, at the Chapter #: field, enter in the designated chapter number (e.g. 0100 00).
3. In the Format: field choose Text from the drop down menu.
4. Click Set.
5. Repeat this process until all the chapter files have been set with this type of numbering scheme.

If you are working with a MIL-STD 40051 spec and need to have the work packages, figures and titles contained in the TOC only (versus in separate TOC, LOF and LOT) then complete the following:

1. From the Book Level of your technical manual, generate a new TOC.
2. After the TOC has been generated, go to the Reference Page of the the TOC and scroll down to the last page.
3. Enter in values similar to these (using tabs also from your Paragraph Designer - e.g. 6.0 right justified with leader dots):

openObjectId <$relfilename>:<$ObjectType><$ObjectId>
<$paranum>......<$paratext>.......................<$chapnum><$pagenum>
<$paranum>......<$paratext>.......................<$chapnum><$pagenum>

<$paratext>...............................................WP<$chapnum>
<$paranum>......<$paratext>.......................<$chapnum><$pagenum>
<$paranum>......<$paratext>.......................<$chapnum><$pagenum>
<$paranum>......<$paratext>.......................<$chapnum><$pagenum>
<$paranum>......<$paratext>.......................<$chapnum><$pagenum>

Note the chapter number 0100 00 (on the Master Page) is contained on the same line in the page header with the book title, however the chapter number is a variable. Also, you can have the PDF bookmarks automatically generate by creating a hidden (white) text style with the 0100 00 numbering placed in front of all Heading 1 styles (on the Body Page).

I hope this is helpful to anyone working with this specification.

Thanks,

Jim

Hi Jim,

You said that the numeric doesnt accept the space in "0100 00", then how did you get the desired result finally?

Hi, Jim:

You can set numbering properties (and others) for multiple selected files in a book window in one operation.

It's a good idea to do this with all files open, so you can back out with File > Revert to Saved if necessary.

The book window offers a few operations for all files in the book: From the book window, open the File menu with Shift+File to see them.

HTH

Regards,

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices

Hello Arnis,

I finally got it to work.

The numbers 0100 00, 0204 00, 0309 01 are listed out in my table of contents to the right side of the chapter title (H1 style).

Here is what I did (for those of you who want to know how to make this work) using one possible approach in FrameMaker 8:

1. Open a book file and highlight the first chapter.
2. Select Format>Document>Numbering from the FrameMaker drop down menu.
3. From the Numbering Properties popup window, select the Chapter tab.
4. Select the Chapter# radio button and enter the format for your first chapter in the Chapter# window (e.g. 0100 00).
5. In the Format window drop down menu, select "Text" as your format.

Note:

You can use "Numeric (14)" as your format, however, I have found that numeric will not accept the space in "0100 00".

5. Click the "Set" button.
6. Highlight the next chapter and repeat steps 2-5 with the rest of the files in the book.
7. Save the Book file.
8. From the book level of FrameMaker 8, select Add>Table of Contents.
9. At the Set Up Table of Contents popup window, include the desired styles (e.g. Heading 1 and Chapter Number).
10. Click the Add button.
11. At the Update Book popup window, click the Update button.
12. After the TOC has been created, open it and go to the last page of the Reference page.
13. At the <$paratext><$pagenum> section, change <$pagenum> to <$chapnum>. Also, change any other <$pagenum> references (as needed) to <$chapnum>.
14. Save and close the TOC file.
15. From the book level, choose Edit>Update Book.
16. Re-open the TOC and it should now appear with 0100 00 numbering.

Note:

To add tabs and leader dots, you will need to go back to the reference page of the TOC, LOT and LOF and put the cursor between the <$paratext><$pagenum> code and then put in tabs, using the Paragraph designer.

I hope this is helpful to anyone trying to generate this type of numbering in a book.

Regards,

Jim

Jim,

Where are those numbers being generated? You could consider using the
paratag autonumber to add these to the end of the heading paragraphs
and use a Character format that makes them invisible. Then in the TOC
use the <$paranum> building block on your Reference to pick these up.