Hi Fred I'm grateful for the suggestion. That is exactly what I was looking for and was going totally blank! That is the process I'll put in place and will document in the template handbook I'm creating.
Thank you bunches and thanks to all who responded privately... Have a great day and enjoy.. Jerilynne On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote: > Jerilynne Knight asked: > > > I've got a manual with multiple sections and the section divider page is > in > > a separate file and the section title is stored as a variable. To make > each > > type of information more readily separated from the "crowd', each topic > is > > in a separate file. So, is there an automated way to insert the name of > the > > section in the subfiles without using the variable or a cross reference? > > The approach I'd take is to use the $volnum system variable to define the > section title. That way, in the book file you'd define the variable's > value > (as a text string) in the numbering properties for the section divider > files, > and set each other file's numbering properties to "Same As Previous". > Neat, clean, and easily explained in a simple book setup procedure for > other users. > > >
