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Hi all, Does anyone know if you can format a single FrameMaker document (not in a book) to have preliminary pages with roman numeral page numbers and then switch to normal numbers on the main subject matter. I know how to do this in a book but want to do it in a single document, I have set up separate master pages for the preliminary pages but do not know how to change the <$pagenum> building block to be roman numerals. MS Word haters like myself do not want to have to use Word where you have to create new sections etc. but I do not always want to create a book for shorter documents.
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Short answer: no.
What's the issue for not wanting to create a book file? It's easy to do and works without issues. Since you indicate a need to change numbering schemes in parts of the file, it sounds like you've already got logical chunks of information that can be kept in separate files.
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Thanks for your speedy reply. I sort of knew there was no work around but there is no harm in double checking.
There are other issue with using a separate document like TOC's etc. but because I have created templates for books which use Chapnum.pagenum for page numbering, I was trying to eliminate the need for a small document to have different X Ref formats etc.
Thanks again for your help. Marked as answered.