AboutNeal Ziring Expertise I`ve been using Frame to write and edit technical documents since 1990. Experienced with versions 4, 5, and 5.5 on both Unix and Windows.
I've written a book that has about 10 chapters. I have 'added' all the files to the 'book' and done format-renumber with the book and all files open ('continue numbering from previous file (page) in book is selected)
The renumber command appears to work, because as I add pages while I am editing, the book is getting longer. But when the renumber command runs, it does not renumber fully sequentially. Like one chapter goes from page 8 to page 32, while the next chapter (in the order set in the framemaker book) says page 28 - 45. There is an overlap of pages.
Overall, the numbers increase, but the overlap is a problem.
I'm thinking I should 'copy all in flow', create a new file and paste, and then replace the current files with new files, or perhaps try 'adding' all my current files to a new 'book.'
Do you have any idea what would cause this? What direction would you advise? (I'm always worried when something like this happens, because I'm afraid I'll lose something in my book and not know it is gone....)
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
- Tom Read
jtread66@gmail.com
Answer Tom,
That's very strange behavior! In the several years I
used Framemaker 6, I don't think I ever saw such thing
except when I had done it to myself.
So, let's think about checking that first. With all
the files closed, go to each file in the book except
the first one, and pick Format > Document > Numbering.
In the Page tab, choose 'continue numbering from previous file',
and click on Set.
After doing this, Update the book. I don't remember the
exact menu item, it is something like "Generate/Update Book".
This should cause all the pages in all the chapters to be
set correctly.
If that doesn't work, then you might try this: create a new
book, and import all the files into it.
Your idea about creating a new file for each chapter, and
copying the entire flow into it, might also work. I'd save
that for a last resort, though, because there are many ways
it could mess up.
