[EMAIL PROTECTED] describes the following issue: > > Unstructured Frame 7.2 on XP V2002 SP2: I've got 400 files in the book. > I cannot get a "work package number" autonumber to work properly in the > files at the beginning of the book. "P:000<n+>" just returns "0001". > I've gone into the document menu on both the book and individual files > and set the "Page" numbering feature to "Continue." Updated book > numerous times. Re-imported formats. When I add a hard number to the > autonumber in an individual file, it immediately responds with the > correct value on the page, so apparently the tag and function are > working properly. > > - What will fix these random "bad" autonumbers? > > - If I "hardwire" the bad autonumber (change it from "P:000<n+>" to > "P:0008", for example) with the following <n+> numbers pick up normally > ("P:0009", etc., in this example)? > > This is crazy. It is just an autonumber. I've been using FM for 13 years > and I know it is not suppose to be this hard to troubleshoot an > autonumber problem. Except for digesting 400 files in the book, it > should work like a champ, but it is not. What stupid thing am I doing >wrong? I'm a little confused about what it is you are trying to do. You are talking about a paragraph autonumber format, yet you are trying to control it using the numbering properties setting for the Page numbering, which is totally independent. The Page numbering properties settings only affect the page number elements on the Master Pages, while paragraph numbering formats only operate on Body Pages. Are you trying to use paragraph numbering in a header or footer frame on a Master Page? If so, that's your problem, because the header and footer frames are not part of any Body Page flow. If you need to specify a particular starting value for a paragraph numbering series, you either do it from the Paragraph tab of the Numbering Properties window, or else by using a hard-coded autonumber definitions using the form "P:000<=8>" to implement the example you mention. The next paragraph that uses the "P" numbering series with the formula "P:000<n+>" will then increment the number to 0009, and the next one after that will increment it to 00010 (which may not be what you relly want, I'm guessing...). Fred Ridder _________________________________________________________________ Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews_______________________________________________
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