Re: decrementing number tags
Try this trick: rotate the table 180 degrees (or put it in a frame and rotate the frame), then rotate the cells individually 180 degrees again. Then you have a table upside down but text is straight and numbering should begin at the bottom. Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, Wim Hooghwinkel iDTP - Technical Communication Consultant, Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker http://www.nldita2011.com/ NLDITA 2011 - june 1 2011 in Utrecht - DITA and topic based information developent http://www.ditatools.com/ NLDITA Tools 2011 - April 1 2011 in Utrecht - Tools and best practices for Authoring, Managing and Publishing tel. +31652036811 Skype wimhooghwinkel Twitter @idtp @NLDITA mailto:i...@idtp.eu i...@idtp.eu www.idtp.eu www.nldita.nl FrameMaker support: framema...@idtp.eu ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: decrementing number tags
What brillant, inspired idea! Baruch Brodersen On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp w...@idtp.eu wrote: Try this trick: rotate the table 180 degrees (or put it in a frame and rotate the frame), then rotate the cells individually 180 degrees again. Then you have a table upside down but text is straight and numbering should begin at the bottom. Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, Wim Hooghwinkel iDTP - Technical Communication Consultant, Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker http://www.nldita2011.com/ NLDITA 2011 - june 1 2011 in Utrecht - DITA and topic based information developent http://www.ditatools.com/ NLDITA Tools 2011 - April 1 2011 in Utrecht - Tools and best practices for Authoring, Managing and Publishing tel. +31652036811 Skype wimhooghwinkel Twitter @idtp @NLDITA mailto:i...@idtp.eu i...@idtp.eu www.idtp.eu www.nldita.nl FrameMaker support: framema...@idtp.eu ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as bar...@technitext.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/baruch%40technitext.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. -- B a r u c h B r o d e r s e n T e c h n i t e x t D o c u m e n t a t i o n 0 5 4 9 4 9 9 3 6 1 ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: decrementing number tags
HI Wim - that's a great idea!! Thanks so much!! Orly. From: Wim Hooghwinkel - idtp [mailto:w...@idtp.eu] Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:11 PM To: Orly Zimmerman; framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: decrementing number tags Try this trick: rotate the table 180 degrees (or put it in a frame and rotate the frame), then rotate the cells individually 180 degrees again. Then you have a table upside down but text is straight and numbering should begin at the bottom. Kind regards, vriendelijke groet, Wim Hooghwinkel iDTP - Technical Communication Consultant, Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in FrameMaker NLDITA 2011http://www.nldita2011.com/ - june 1 2011 in Utrecht - DITA and topic based information developent NLDITA Tools 2011http://www.ditatools.com/ - April 1 2011 in Utrecht - Tools and best practices for Authoring, Managing and Publishing tel. +31652036811 Skype wimhooghwinkel Twitter @idtp @NLDITA i...@idtp.eumailto:i...@idtp.eu www.idtp.eu www.nldita.nl FrameMaker support: framema...@idtp.eu ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: decrementing number tags
If you don't have any cross-references in the table you could sort the table in reverse order. Keep in mind, most search algorithms work on the ASCII code of the character. After the sort the numbering will come out as 1, 10,11,2,21,3, etc. If you make the numbers all the same length, 01, 02, 03, etc, then they should come out correctly. You could then go back and remove the leading zeroes. If you do have cross-references, they will have to be remade after the sort. --- On Mon, 1/24/11, Orly Zimmerman or...@marvell.com wrote: From: Orly Zimmerman or...@marvell.com Subject: decrementing number tags To: framers@lists.frameusers.com framers@lists.frameusers.com Date: Monday, January 24, 2011, 4:03 PM Hi All, Any ideas about how to get numbering tags such that the numbers decrement instead of increment? I tried to use a number property of n- or n=N-1 - after setting the first in the series to 31 I need this because I want to create a table column with numbers starting from 31 going down to 0 to describe error messages. Any ideas will be appreciated. Thanks, Orly ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: decrementing number tags
As far as I know, FM's autonumber counters only increment, or at best remain unchanged, and there is no way to tel FM to evaluate the numbering in a table from the bottom up (although yuo can tell it to count across rows first or down columns first). So David's suggestion won't work, as if you do sort the table, the re-evaluation that takes place will cause the numbers to appear in ascending order once again unless this behavior has changed in FM 9 (which I don't have to check it) or now FM 10. I'm afraid the only solutions inside FM are: to manually number the items as you desire, and be prepared for the effort if something new is inserted (which may not be an issue with only 32 items, and that may be the fixed limit from your description); or maintain the table in ascending order on a reference page, and on the body page use cross-references to display the items in descending order. You can do this in a package like Excel, and then import that into a FM table, but that will convert the formula for numbering into static text, so keep the spreadsheet around if you need to insert items and reimport it to replace the table. (Which sounds like it's more touble than its worth, especially compared to the import from Excel option.) – Les Smalley l_c_smal...@yahoo.com --- On Mon, 1/24/11, David Spreadbury dspre...@yahoo.com wrote: If you don't have any cross-references in the table you could sort the table in reverse order. Keep in mind, most search algorithms work on the ASCII code of the character. After the sort the numbering will come out as 1, 10,11,2,21,3, etc. If you make the numbers all the same length, 01, 02, 03, etc, then they should come out correctly. You could then go back and remove the leading zeroes. If you do have cross-references, they will have to be remade after the sort. --- On Mon, 1/24/11, Orly Zimmerman or...@marvell.com wrote: Hi All, Any ideas about how to get numbering tags such that the numbers decrement instead of increment? I tried to use a number property of n- or n=N-1 - after setting the first in the series to 31 I need this because I want to create a table column with numbers starting from 31 going down to 0 to describe error messages. Any ideas will be appreciated. Thanks, Orly ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: decrementing number tags
Hi Orly, If you are interested in an automated FrameScript solution, please contact me offlist. Thank you very much. Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc. 585-659-8267 r...@frameexpert.com *** Frame Automation blog at http://frameautomation.com --- On Mon, 1/24/11, Orly Zimmerman or...@marvell.com wrote: Hi All, Any ideas about how to get numbering tags such that the numbers decrement instead of increment? I tried to use a number property of n- or n=N-1 - after setting the first in the series to 31 I need this because I want to create a table column with numbers starting from 31 going down to 0 to describe error messages. Any ideas will be appreciated. Thanks, Orly ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
