Re: Chapter Auto Numbering Problem

[lsmalley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Lester C. Smalley)]

| Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 15:30:12 -0800
| Subject: Re: Chapter Auto Numbering Problem
| From: "Michele Studer" <michele.studer@ntcworld.com>
| 
| Hi,
| 
| I stumbled across your question in the archive but not the answer.  I had
| the same problem with one book and managed to fix it by rebuilding the bad
| doc.  (This problem even stumped my Frame Trainer.)  I'm having the same
| problem in another book but my previous "fix" isn't working this time. 
| How did you fix it?
| 
| Thanks,
| Michele Studer
| michele.studer@ntcworld.com
| Dallas, Texas
| 
| > I have been using Frame for about a year and I have a new challenge facing
| > me.  I have a book which consists of 4 chapters.  The book is not new.  It
| > is a newer version/release of an existing document which has the same number
| > of chapters.  I have the chapter auto-numbering set for n+.  Chapters 1, 2,
| > and 3 display the correct chapter numbers, but chapter 4 shows as Chapter 3
| > as well.  My colleague and I have isolated the problem to the real chapter 3
| > by moving the chapters around.  Apparently something exists in the real
| > chapter 3 to tell future chapters to ignore it in the chapter numbering
| > scheme.
| > 
| > Any suggestions on how to resolve this problem?  Any ideas on what is
| > happening or why?
| > 
| > Thanks,
| > 
| > The Mikes at VocalData
| > Richardson, TX

Check the "autoconnect" property of the last text frame of the "bad
chapter" ( bad chapter; bad, BAD chapter! :-} )

I've see this occur, where, for reasons unknown, this setting is
changed from the normal (and desired) setting of autoconnect enabled
to disabled.

Click anywhere in the text frame, and then select "Object Properties"
from the graphics menu.  On the right-hand side of the resulting
dialog, just below center, you'll see a check-box labeled "Autoconnect"

If it is not checked, that is, autoconnect is turned off, this causes
the behavior described.  You can simply turn the option on, and let
FrameMaker fix the problem.  Note that you should also check the
setting for the text frame(s) on the master pages, as if this is 
set on the master page, updating the page layout form the master page
could cause this to reappear. 

If it is checked (autoconnect is on), then the most likely cause is
another paragraph tag in the file is altering the chapter counter.

Att the very end of the "bad chapter" add a paragraph and tag it with
whatever you use for the chapter heading/title/number (that is, the
style that is FIRST in the file that displays the chapter number) and 
see what value it displays.

If it is not the 'correct' value, i.e., the one you expect to show at
the start of the next file, then you know something within the file
is changing the counter.

But if it is the proper value, I don't have any more ideas, as those
are the only two reason I know that cause this error.

I hope this helps.

-- Lester
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