Ok - a quick follow-up to this. For the "empty" paragraph tag, you need some kind of source text for the paragraph to select for the x-ref, so what I did was set up an auto-number format with the phrase "TotalPageCount" and set the color to white so it doesn't show and I have a cross-ref. format called TotalPageCount set to pick up only the page number of the paragraph. I set this up on the master page footers and it works like a charm. Thanks Fred.
TVB Tammy Van Boening Engineering Technical Writer InsureWorx 303-729-7733 [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************** Keep Smiling - At least until you get your own way -----Original Message----- From: Ridder, Fred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 2:47 PM To: Tammy Van Boening; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Continuous Numbering in framemaker One way is to insert an empty paragraph with a special tag at the end of the chapter file, and then use a cross-reference (with an x-ref format that picks up only the page number via the <$pagenum> building block) whenever you need the total page count. Fred Ridder (fred dot ridder at intel dot com) Staff Information Services Analyst Intel Parsippany, NJ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tammy Van Boening Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 1:41 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Continuous Numbering in framemaker Hi All, I am in the process of migrating existing draft documentation in Word to final version documentation in Framemaker. The old Word documentation was but a single file - the first page was reserved for cover information, the second page was Word's TOC, and the remaining pages were the content of the document. The old numbering scheme, beginning with the first page was Page # of #, which for a single document in Word, worked fine. In Framemaker, I have split up this large document into three separate files - Cover File, TOC, and the Chapter document. I have been asked to keep the numbering scheme the same - Page # of Total Page Count. I know how to keep the numbering continuous across the files, but the system variable that keeps total page count is obviously on a per file basis. For example, the singe Cover page file has no number, but the first page of the TOC says page 2 of 4 (because it is the second page in the book, and there are four pages in the TOC total), so the next page says Page 3 of 4 and the final page says Page 4 of 4. When I open the document chapter, it says Page 5 of 19, because the first page of the content chapter is indeed the fifth page in the book, but there are 19 pages in the Content chapter. What do I need to do to get this to number the same way as Word - if it's possible for files in a book? I want the first page of the TOC to say page 4 of 24, the second page to say page 5 of 24, etc. and I want the first page of the Content Chapter to say Page 5 of 24, etc. TIA, TVB Tammy Van Boening Engineering Technical Writer InsureWorx 303-729-7733 [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************** Keep Smiling - At least until you get your own way _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/fred.ridder%40intel. com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
