Alpha numeric page numbers

[lsk2002]

I would like to number pages using letters and numbers. When I put a number in for section and a letter in for sub-section, I get a message that the sub-section has to be a number. I have tried different variations with volume, chapter, section...ect.

I have several sections within this section, each of them is a different letter or combination of letters. See below.

3V-1

3P-1

3S-1

3SCR-1

3PM-1

3Accord

This will eventually be a very large book with many tabs. I want to get the numbering straight before I go to far.

Thanks for all help!

Ohhh...and by the way..I know I could type them in on the master pages, but I want them to show up in the TOC. I think I know how to do that if I can get the combination of letters and numbers using variables for section, chapter...ect.

ls

[Michael_Müller-Hillebrand]

ls,

So your chapter "numbers" are "3V", "3P", "3SCR" etc.? You can set the chapter number style to "Text" and enter any text you want.

- Michael

[lsk2002]

I promise I tried that before...lol...But it just changed it

right in front of my eyes!! I think I was trying to make it too

hard. I was trying to do section and subsection and I could

have sworn that I tried using numbers in the text choice and

it said no...lol....

Thanks so much!!!

[Michael_Müller-Hillebrand]

lsk2002,

I assume you are using FrameMaker 9, please check if it is 9.0p250.

I assume you are using a book, so it is necessary to make the settings at the book level, because those settings override document settings.

In the book, right-click a chapter and select Numbering. On the Chapter tab enter the chapter number you want and select format "Text". After clicking Set the setting is applied and wherever you use the system variable "Chapter Number" or the building block <$chapnum> this chapter number will be used. In my screenshot you can see that I used chapter numbers as part of the page header.

If you continue to have problems, please give us more information (product versions, screenshots, whatever...)

- Michael

[lsk2002]

Thanks Michael. I have another question though. I have

gotten my toc to work in another book by clicking off the "update

numbering" when creating it. It kept changing it back to 1.

I guess if I use Chapter instead of Section, doing it the way you said, I might not have to click the update

numbering button to off. I had tried your suggestion before, but I am using Section

and not Chapter. Why is Section grayed out when you right click

on the document in the tree and select Numbering, and it is available

within the document in the document numbering properties window?

[Michael_Müller-Hillebrand]

Section and Subsection are only available if you put documents into folders (not groups). I have to admit I have not used this feature so far. You may want to check this blog post about Numbering in Hierarchical books:

http://blogs.adobe.com/techcomm/2009/06/numbering_in_hierarchical_books.html

If you don’t have such a scenario, I would use Chapter Number.

- Michael

[lsk2002]

Thanks again Michael!

After looking at that link you sent me, Chapter is fine with me...lol...

That reminded me of Interleaf!!...(Software we have been using for years.)

ls