Great, thanks! Joe
On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Roger Shuttleworth < rshuttlewo...@avbasesystems.com> wrote: > ** > Hi Joe > > What you need to understand is that the < > is a placeholder for a number > (or letter), and n or a simply defines whether it will be a number or a > letter. So if you have: > <n=1> - gives 1 > <n+> - gives 2 > <a=1> - gives a > <a+> - gives b > <a+> - gives c > <n+> - gives 4 > > Why? Since you have only one placeholder in each paragraph, with no series > identifier, Frame treats them as a single series, whether you tell it to use > arabic numbers, letters, roman numerals, or whatever. The first two are > obvious. In the third one you have reset the number of the sequence back to > 1, while telling Frame to make it alphabetic. So the next ones carry on from > there - that is, 2, 3, and 4. The last paragraph therefore is the fourth in > the sequence, not the third as you expect. > > Your mistake is that you think the paragraph format that you apply makes > any difference. In contrast, it is the number of placeholders in the > series that makes the difference. > > What you should do is this: > > Either define two paragraph formats that each use two placeholders, < >< >, > and control them separately; or, as Rick suggests, use series identifiers to > distinguish two separate series. > > So you could accomplish what you want by doing: > > <n=1>< > - gives 1 - apply Numbered1 para format > <n+>< > - gives 2 - apply Numbered1 para format > < ><a=1> - gives a and maintains the value of n - apply Numbered2 para > format > < ><a+> - gives b and maintains the value of n - apply Numbered2 para > format > < ><a+> - gives c and maintains the value of n - apply Numbered2 para > format > <n+>< > - gives 3 and maintains the value of a - apply Numbered para format > > Or by doing: > > N:<n=1> - gives 1 - Numbered1 para format > N:<n+> - gives 2 - Numbered1 para format > A:<a=1> - gives a - Numbered2 para format > A:<a+> - gives b - Numbered2 para format > A:<a+> - gives c - Numbered2 para format > N:<n+> - gives 3 - Numbered para format > > Both of these need refining a bit so that a will restart at 1 at the > appropriate places (when you want to have 4.a instead of 4.d, for example). > > I hope this clarifies things for you. I will send you off-list an article > written some years ago (not by me) that explains autonumbering and the use > of series and multiple placeholders. Once the penny drops it will all make > perfect sense. > > Roger > > Roger Shuttleworth > Technical Documentation > AV-BASE Systems Inc. > 1000 Air Ontario Drive, Suite 200 > London, Ontario > N5V 3S4 > Tel. 519 691-0919 ext. 330 > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Joe Hughes [mailto:joeh...@gmail.com] > > *To:* framers@lists.frameusers.com > *Sent:* Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:22:49 -0400 > > *Subject:* nested alpha lists and bulleted lists within numbered lists > > I have encountered a numbering issue when I include a nested alphabetical > list within a numbered list. To the best of my knowledge, I am using the > correct numbering and list tags: > > Heading 4 > <n=1>.\t (Numbered1) > <n+>.\t (Numbered) > <a=1>.\t (Numbered2) > <a+>.\t (Numbered3) > •\t (Bullet3) > •\t > •\t > <n+>.\t (Numbered) > > Output is as follows: > > > *B. Offsetting Credit Found in _________ .* > > 1. Send out a cashier’s check. Make sure the case (credit > case) is still open before creating an Official Check. > > 2. Inside the case notes type the following: > > a. Ready to cut check C/W (case number is needed). > > b. Check to see if we have a relationship the bank. > > – If there’s a relationship, waive the fees. > > – If not a relationship, contact the bank and informed > the bank of the research fees. > > – The fees can be deducted from the cashier check or the > funds can be sent for the research. > > c. Click *______*. > > 4. Go into the ______ program and enter notes. > > > This is an unstructured document. As you can see, Frame is reading the > alpha list, or possibly item c., as a 3. in the numbered list, so it skips > from 2. to 4. I've spent about an hour researching this and can't seem to > find anything. Lacking an alternative, I've changed the alpha list to > bullets and moved on. This corrects the problem and the final numbered item > is 3., which is correct. However, there may be situations in the future in > which I may need to use the Numbered - Alpha - Bullet - Numbered format. > > Suggestions anyone? > > Thanks, > > Joe > > > Joseph Hughes > http://www.linkedin.com/in/joehughes65 > E-mail: joeh...@gmail.com > http://joehugh.googlepages.com/aboutjoe > Phone: (205) 956-7339 > > -- Joseph Hughes http://www.linkedin.com/in/joehughes65 E-mail: joeh...@gmail.com http://joehugh.googlepages.com/aboutjoe Phone: (205) 956-7339
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