Re: Autonumbering sheet X of Y

[lsmalley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Lester C. Smalley)]

John -

<snip>

What I'd like to do is add an autonumber to the heading row on each so
that it will read "Sheet X of Y", where X is a number incremented each
time by 1 and Y is the number of the last table in the series.
 
</snip>

Sorry to break the bad news, but this is not what the "TableSheet"
variable is intended to do -- its purpose is to number the pages
(sheets) of a (lengthy) single table.  Which, as you point out,
you prefer not to resort to the subterfuge of faking the appearance
of multiple tables in a single large table with special rulings.

If your tables are numbered (as in, they have a "table title" and
whatever paragraph format has an autonumber value), you can do this
semi-automatically by using cross-references.  You would create a
pair of cross-reference formats, the first one to extract the number
of the current table (the X part of your request) and a second to
get the number of the last table (the Y part).

For example, something like:

	XRef ThisTable:  "Sheet <$paranumonly>"
	XRef LastTable:  " of <$paranumonly>"

Of course, you can do this with only one XRef format, you would
just have to enter the fixed text manually. You will need to add
XREFs to heading rows as you desire, pointing to the appropriate
table title paragraph when you insert the references.

Now, here is the 'semi-automatic' part -- this will work fine as
long as you don't add a new "LAST" table. If you do, you will need
to go back to each table and update the references so they point to
the last table.  This is actualy the reason I suggested using two
different XRef formats - at least, you'll be able to use the FIND
tool to jump to them directly by searching on the XRef format name.

-- Lester
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