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TWAlex
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August 26, 2013
Question

Trying an Image Number

  • August 26, 2013
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My Auto Numbering Image Format is working in 3 of my 12 chapers..  and it does not successfully work upon import, but it shows up with the same rules when double checked from FM  to FM. 

Any one have this problem

Any ideas

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TWAlexAuthor
Known Participant
August 30, 2013

OK

here is a screen capture, you can see that I did my formatting, and in this it is "auto counting" some of the time, just not ALL of the time..  In the same document. 

it will count if enter is hit

it MAY count from anchord frame into text

it MAY count from text to next anchored frame

it will not count from text frame to text frame unless within seperate anchored frames

it will count when enter is hit with in a text frame

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TWAlexAuthor
Known Participant
August 30, 2013

Ohh, and I did the linking of the text boxes, and then it works..  sort of...
Then it skips the From Anchored Frame TO text.. 

AND
I am not successful at connecting text frame TO text Frame from different Anchored Frames.

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Mike Wickham
Inspiring
August 30, 2013

You might want to consider using the same numbering for figures and

tables to help keep things simpler. See this excellent document for

details: "The Case for Simple Numbering"

http://www.techknowledgecorp.com/nonum.html

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TWAlexAuthor
Known Participant
August 29, 2013

I have tried both of the above...
Where the numbering is going wrong is the sequential... 
As in <chapnum>.<n+>
the <n+> is only working if you hit enter..   not from Paragraph type to next time used Paragraph type...

It works in 3 chapters

it does not in the others

I have looked at the Document Numbers

I have looked at the Book

I have looked at it from the Properties of the Paragraph Format...

I am curious if any one is still working in FM 9?  I didn't have this problem with 10 or 11...

So,  I am at a bit of a loss, and I really do need to have my figures and tables numbered.

Thank you so far for all your input, I have checked from both of your perspectives.

Arnis Gubins
Arnis Gubins
Inspiring
August 29, 2013

Perhaps if you posted examples of the autonumbering format used in your Paragraph desiger for when a) it is working and b) when it is not, then there may be a better understanding of what is going on.

There have been no autonumber counter issues in FM9.

If you are using the matrix method for the counters, check to see if there is an intervening reset at some parent level heading.

Bob_Niland
Community Expert
Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 27, 2013

Another way that component files (chapters) can end up with broken sequence numbers is if the Numbering properties of the Paragraph Format aren't identical from file to file.

For example, chapter1.fm might have para fomat "Caption" auto-numbered as:

[ C:Figure\ <n+> ]

but chapter7.fm might have it as:

[ Figure\ <n+> ]

These would be incrementing two different counters.

Bob_Niland
Community Expert
Bob_NilandCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 26, 2013

> ... working in 3 of my 12 chapers ...

That sounds like the numbering properties are set to reset paragraph numbering in the malfunctioning chapters.

Check, in each chapter file: Format > Document > Numbering [ Paragraph ]

<*> Continue Numbering ...

[ Set ]

Check all the other properties while you're at it.

Then in the book file, select each component (chapter) file, right click

Numbering

and set all properties to

<*> Read from File

[ Set ]

Now if you having local problems with the autonum, it becomes a question of how you are implementing the captions. if you have more than one AN para in the same anchored frame, it doesn't work properly.

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