How to change the word "CHAPTER" when making a translation?

[carlost10]

I am working on a FM10 book doing a translation and am unable to locate the source to change the chapter heading word CHAPTER.

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

Probably is hiding on a Reference page in a definition - just a guess without more info

[FieryPantone]

… or in the Numbering properties for the heading style, though I expect you would have noticed that, or in the cross-reference definition? Happy hunting!

[Bob_Niland]

Could also be some Variable/Autonum/Xref etc. on a Master Page.

[carlost10]

Thanks to all. No luck yet. I think its embeded in the code. I'll keep searching and post if I find the answer.

[peter minneapolis]

You could save the in FM's interchange text format with File > Save As > MIF (Maker Interchange Format.) MIF is plain text code that can reproduce a FrameMaker file exactly, when opened in FM. However, to examine the text, you need to open it in a text editor, even MS Word, so you can search for CHAPTER within the text. You won't understand what you see, but when you find CHAPTER, copy a few lines of the chunk of text before and after it, and paste it into your response here. Others on the forum can help you to find the CHAPTER in the actual FM file.

Opening a MIF file with FM recreates the file from which the MIF was saved. To open the file in FM as plain text, hold Shift while performing the File > Open operation. Then, you can use FM's Edit > Find to find CHAPTER. DO NOT SAVE THE MIF TEXT FILE.

HTH

Regards,

Peter

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carlost10 wrote:

Thanks to all. No luck yet. I think its embeded in the code. I'll keep searching and post if I find the answer.

[carlost10]

Thank you Peter, I'll try this when done with the translation.

[peter minneapolis]

It may be worthwhile to try the suggestion before progressing with the translation, because, if you can find it in the MIF file, and trace that to the real source location(s), you may be able fix it in the one or several instances that ripple out through your document set. Waiting until after the translations are done may require more effort to fix the problem in many instances/locations throughout the document set. Especially problematic would be having to fix reflows caused by differences in the length of the English and translated language.

carlost10 wrote:

Thank you Peter, I'll try this when done with the translation.

HTH

Regards,

Peter

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[carlost10]

This is the first instance for the word CHAPTER in the MIF file:

   <FBackgroundColor NoColor>

  > # end of PgfFont

  <PgfLineSpacing Fixed>

  <PgfLeading  4.0 pt>

  <PgfAutoNum Yes>

  <PgfNumFormat `s:CHAPTER <n+\>< =0\>< =0\>\\ -\\ '>

  <PgfNumberFont `'>

  <PgfNumAtEnd No>

  <PgfNumTabs 0>

  <PgfHyphenate No>

  <HyphenMaxLines 2>

  <HyphenMinPrefix 3>

  <HyphenMinSuffix 3>

  <HyphenMinWord 5>

The second:

  <VariableDef `<$volnum\>'>

> # end of VariableFormat

<VariableFormat

  <VariableName `Chapter Number'>

  <VariableDef `<$chapnum\>'>

> # end of VariableFormat

<VariableFormat

  <VariableName `Section Number'>

I hope this helps.

[peter minneapolis]

Good work capturing the MIF and finding the word(s).

Niels should get at least "helpful" credit for his earlier answer:

     2.Niels Grundtvig Nielsen

    

     Sep 9, 2013 1:14 AM   in reply to carlost10

     … or in the Numbering properties for the heading style, though I expect you would have noticed that, or in the cross-reference definition?

     Happy hunting!

"PgfNumFormat" is how the heading paragraph's auto-numbering is defined. So,CHAPTER always appears in these paragraphs, along with the numbering.

You cut the code after the name of the paragraph format, so without knowing the name, it's not possible from this to tell you "It's in the so-and-so paragraph's numbering format." You probably overlooked seeing CHAPTER when you went through the numbering properties section of the heading paragraph's format definition in the paragraph designer. Or, you may have missed the numbering section in the designer completely. If you need detailed help on paragraph auto-numbering and paragraph format definitions, search Google for terms like "FrameMaker paragraph format definition," "FrameMaker paragraph designer," and "FrameMaker paragraph numbering," without quotes. Google will find links on these Adobe forums as well as from all over the Web.

Although VariableName contains CHAPTER, that's the name of the variable. It doesn't appear anywhere in the text.

VariableDef has the $chapnum building block. Wherever the CHAPTER Number variable appears in text, it displays the name you defined for the chapter. You do this in the file portion of the numbering dialog box. For details on numbering, search Google for terms like "FrameMaker chapter numbering," and "FrameMaker numbering building blocks," without quotes.

It would be a good idea to search for other instances of CHAPTER in the MIF file to see where else it's used.

HTH

Regards,

Peter

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carlost10 wrote:

This is the first instance for the word CHAPTER in the MIF file:

   <FBackgroundColor NoColor>

  > # end of PgfFont

  <PgfLineSpacing Fixed>

  <PgfLeading  4.0 pt>

  <PgfAutoNum Yes>

  <PgfNumFormat `s:CHAPTER <n+\>< =0\>< =0\>\\ -\\ '>

  <PgfNumberFont `'>

  <PgfNumAtEnd No>

  <PgfNumTabs 0>

  <PgfHyphenate No>

  <HyphenMaxLines 2>

  <HyphenMinPrefix 3>

  <HyphenMinSuffix 3>

  <HyphenMinWord 5>

The second:

  <VariableDef `<$volnum\>'>

> # end of VariableFormat

<VariableFormat

  <VariableName `Chapter Number'>

  <VariableDef `<$chapnum\>'>

> # end of VariableFormat

<VariableFormat

  <VariableName `Section Number'>

I hope this helps.