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Deanne5E89
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June 8, 2021
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Help reset figure numbers in large book (to continue from previous chapter)

  • June 8, 2021
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Good morning: I am helping a colleague with a large manual that was set up in FrameMaker a long time ago (i.e., may have strange formats that were never removed, but difficult to find). My problem: the last chapter of this book does have the page numbers set up correctly (i.e., p one of the chapter is 279), but the figure numbers do not (they start at 1)! It's an auto format,as I tried to update just the number (do it manually out of desperation).

 

I have been trying to manage the figure numbers using the numbering dialog in the book, or through paragraph format updates, or variables ... I cannot figure that out! Unfortunately, I cannot share the book with you. It's medical device proprietary. Thank you. Deanne Levander

 

If screen shots of specific settings, etc. (numbering dialog, paragraph designer, etc.) would be helpful, let me know.

 

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    Hi all, 

    The solution to the issue is to find an errant paragraph format that was resetting the figure numbers. It generally comes down to that! 

     

    Thanks a lot for the assistance.

    Deanne


    Was it one of the paragraphs in those tables?

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    Stefan GentzCommunity Manager
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    June 8, 2021

    Can you share the following with us:

    1. Numbering properties for the file in the book.
    2. Numbering properties for the document itself (there might be a conflict).
    3. Autonumber Format of the paragraph style that is used to number the images.

    Also, check if the autonumbering format of the first image in the last chapter might have a manual numbering override.

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    Deanne5E89Author
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    June 8, 2021

    Numbering properties from book attached (Section & Sub-section tabs were grayed out, so not shared). 

     

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    Deanne5E89Author
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    June 8, 2021

    Attached are the screen captures of the last chapter's numbering properties.

    Note: I found the issue with the 1st graphic in the previous chapter ... it has a manual override (C:Figure <n=211>. ). But the previous chapters do not (the autonumbering setting for all of the other chapters' 1st graphic = C:Figure <n+>). Just to check, I updated the next chapter's first figure autonumber with a manual override <n=213> and that solved the issue for the chapter (subsequent figure numbers were fine).

     

    But it is a workaround, which I do not like to use.

     

     

     

     

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