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avi10000
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November 8, 2009
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Figure number in figure caption is resetting itself to 1 or 2

  • November 8, 2009
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Hi all,

This is a problem that I have every now and again. For some reason, the figure number in the figure caption (whose style/tag is FigureCaption) is resetting itself to 1 or 2 for a figure in the middle of the book. They all have the following Autonumber Format:

      F:Figure\ <n+>:

I was wondering if something some way through the document did something with the flow, so I decided to use a different flow letter, Z, for the flow, but I got the same problem when it reached the same figure (i.e., its figure caption).

In the past, I would fudge this by forcibly setting n to the expected figure number, e.g., n=1.

Later in the book, the numbering would recover and resume correctly incrementing itself.

TIA

- avi

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    shmuel67
    Participating Frequently
    November 9, 2009

    Something like that happened to me just yesterday. I had a long table footnote that I changed to a heading 4. The heading 4 numbering was messed up. I think it was corrupt. I deleted everything around the area and wrote it from scratch and eventually it worked.

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    avi10000Author
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    November 8, 2009

    I have been studying and testing this more.

    Here are some more observations.

    - I find that the FigureCaption numbering is being reset (to 1 or to 2) at the entrance into each new chapter (document).

    So it is almost as if FM is not relating to the document as being in the book.

    - However, the numbering of table captions all correctly increments across and through the chapters.

    This idea I have that it is almost as if FM is not relating to the document as being in the book: could this also explain the broken cross-references problem I have just posted (as a different thread)?

    TIA

    - avi

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    Art Campbell
    Inspiring
    November 8, 2009

    Assuming the para tag is formatted correctly and the file(s) are not corrupted, the numbering of the Figures in book component files is determed in the book file.

    Highlight the chapters/files in the book file, right-click, select Numbering, and check the numbering properties for Paragraphs. Set them, save the book, nad update.

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    avi10000Author
    Known Participant
    November 8, 2009

    Thanks!

    Great idea. Didn't know it worked that way. I,.e, what has numbering

    properties for Paragraphs got to do with the 'F:Figure\ :' construct. I expected it to work. It did not. Shame ... ]]> Same phenomenon.

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