Re: Chapter numbering hints in FM 6.0

[Thomas Neuburger <thomasn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good summary -- thanks, Ed.

Tom

Ed Malick wrote:

>Hi Tom,
>
>The <$volnum> building block is associated with the Volume Number 
>variable, and it's value is set in the Volume Numbering panel of the 
>Numbering Properties dialog box (Format>Document>Numbering). Like the 
>Chapter Number variable, it's for numbering within books. And you use it 
>in exactly the same way.
>
>So for example, suppose you have a three-volume book, and that your 
>volumes are numbered in uppercase Roman (I, II, III). And suppose that you 
>have 6 chapters in each volume.
>To set up volume numbering, select the first chapter of volume I in the 
>book window and then display the Volume Numbering panel of the dialog box. 
>Set the volume number to start at 1, with a format of uppercase Roman. 
>Then select both the first chapter of Volume II and the first chapter of 
>Volume III, display the dialog, and set the volume number to Continue from 
>Previous. Finally, select all the other chapters in all the volumes, 
>display the dialog, and set the volume number to Same as Previous. 
>(Because you can select multiple components in the book window in 6.0, 
>this is pretty painless.) The result... The first chapter will have volume 
># I; the next five will also have volume # I (set to Same as Previous); 
>the next will be volume II (Continue from Previous) and so on.
>
>Now, to include the volume number in:
>
>- Page headers or footers, insert the Volume Number variable on the master 
>page.
>
>- Paragraph autonumbers, use the <$volnum> building block in the 
>autonumber format.
>
>- Cross-references, use  the <$volnum> building block in the 
>cross-reference format.
>
>- TOCs and indexes, use the <$volnum> building block on the reference page 
>of the generated file. (For TOCs, insert it in the paragraphs whose tags 
>end in TOC--such as Head1TOC and Head2TOC). In the index, insert it in 
>paragraphs whose tags end in IX--such as IndexIX.
>
>Hope this helps.  /Ed.
>
>At 10:27 AM 5/15/00 -0700, Thomas Neuburger wrote:
>>Thanks, Lee. Nice summary. Would you or Ed speak to the use
>>of the <$volnum> building block as well?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Tom Neuburger
>
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