Running Headers and Footers

Thanks to all of you for your help! I thought that was the case, but I guess I was hoping it was more automated.

Best,
Daryl

Daryl,

The basic problem is that Frame is designed to work with a multi-file model that uses book files to hold multiple "document" files.

You're trying to acccess variable and tag information from the component files at the higher book level, and it isn't working because the level of communication that you're looking for doesn't exist. The solution that most people use is to define user variables in a component file or a template and then share those among all component files.

As Nils suggests, the easiest way to do what you want is to replace the default configuration Building Block that you're using with a file-level user variable that's the same in all component files. Shlomo's suggestion to set the <$volnum> variable at the book level will also work, but most users use the first solution.

Art

All Running H/F building blocks only retrieve items from the current document (and cannot access previous or next document in book).

Possible techniques to handle book title in the header/footer are:
■ BookTitle user variable
■ Text inset
■ Volume Number variable (updated at the book level)

(adding a cross-reference to the Title paragraph is also a possibility, but I don't recommend it)

Shlomo Perets

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> the Running H/F 1 variable whose format is {$paratext[Title]}
... is a system variable, which will do its stuff within the current chapter

To display the title of a book in every chapter, I set a user variable and copy it to each chapter with File > Import > Formats

HTH