It sounds like you've chosen to avoid the <$chapnum> variable, in favor of the system used prior to FM5.5.
If so, you'll want to use series labels and long numbering strings to do what the book file lets you easily control. -Matt Matt Sullivan technical communication | online training | eLearning twitter: @mattrsullivan phone: 714 960-6840 On Mar 13, 2013, at 2:51 PM, Nancy Allison <maker at verizon.net> wrote: > Hi, all. > > I've switched from chapter numbering to straight-through numbering in a > FrameMaker document. I'm using FM 10 in a Win 7 environment. > > Dropping the <Chapnum> from the page number setup on the master pages was the > easy part. Here is what I haven't been able to do: > > --Renumber figures and tables so they autonumber consecutively through > multiple chapter files. They restart at 1 with each chapter. Even the > FrameMaker-supplied Book template has this problem! > > --Keep my cross-reference formats from breaking. Specifically, the hyperlink > breaks. See "Figure 3-1" where "Figure 3-1" is a hyperlink becomes See > "<Hyperlink> Figure 3-1." Why does changing the autonumber format affect the > cross-reference? > > > Please feel free to explain all this in detail, but also, please feel > especially free to email me the autonumbering sequences that work for you for > figures and tables! > > Thanks! > > It's been years since FM has driven me this crazy . . . . > > --Nancy > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as matt at mattrsullivan.com. > > 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/matt%40mattrsullivan.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.frameusers.com/pipermail/framers/attachments/20130313/78af8e48/attachment.html>
