Thanks Richard, This is great information, I think the task would be daunting to create my own index of figures, and I'm not certain of the value. The probable resolution to my issue is to include the "Figure 1-12" in the LOF as opposed to just the text of the caption. This would help the reader orient the figures to the chapters which would probably be more than sufficient.
In a future project, I will incorporate your suggestion in index of markers. Great stuff! Thanks again Pete Rourke Chandler, AZ -----Original Message----- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Combs, Richard Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:12 PM To: pete.rourke at reefpt.com; framers at lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: Alphabetizing a generated list of Figures or Tables Pete Rourke wrote: > I started from the book add>List of > Figures using the > paragraph tag, Caption, but I have not figured out how to put > this into the reference page (like what the standard index > does) to do the alphabetical sorting. If you want alphabetical, you need an index. Unfortunately for you, there is no built-in index of figures or tables (if there were, it would probably alphabetize on the autonumber that's usually used for figures/tables -- "Figure 1 ...," "Figure 2 ..."?). You can make your own index of figures, but it's a bit of work. In each Caption pgf, you need to insert a marker. Either define a custom Marker Type for the purpose -- say, "Figure" -- or use one of the built-in types that you don't currently use -- say, "Subject" or "Comment." The Marker Text for each marker should be what you want in the index. If it's the complete text of the Caption pgf, just select it all and FM puts it in the Marker Text box of the Marker dialog. (This entire process could be scripted, of course.) Once all the markers exist, at the book window, select Add > Index of > Markers. In the Set Up dialog, move the marker type you used to the Include list and click Add. Voila! HTH! Richard ------ Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 ------ rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 ------ _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as pete at rourke.org. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/pete%40rourke.org Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.