Hi,
I have FM 12.0.4.455
I have a book that contains about 5 chapters. Each topic within the chapters are separate files, beginning with a "home page" file which is really just the master page and nothing else. For example
-Getting Started chapter
----getting started home.fm <home page>
----intro.fm <content>
----database.fm <content>
-Installation chapter
----installation home.fm <home page>
----system requirements.fm <content>
I would only like the 1st page to contain a Chapter number, so only the "home" files should display this information. I also want the page numbers of each page to contain the chapter number + current page number, for example, 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 2-1, 2-2..
For the numbering -
First I used the autonumber format of <n=1>.0\t for the first chapter and <n+>.0\t for the other chapters. This worked well, but it's stopping me from adding the chapter number to the footer because I can't figure out how to get it in the footer. THEN, I used <chapnum>.0\t, thinking this was my easiest bet to add it both to the content and the page numbering. The problem is I can't get the numbers increment correctly when I use "chapnum" (or sectionnum or volnum). Works great on <n> but incorrectly on all others.
In my example above, using <chapnum>, the Installation chapter displays as Chapter 4, corresponding to the 4th file in the book! I want it to say "Chapter 2" corresponding to the second chapter in the book! I've selected "continue numbering" everywhere I can find it, from the Format > Document level, and by right-clicking the file from the book file list. I've updated the toc each time.
Simply reverting to <n> fixes everything without changing anything else except the building block.
On the other hand - if there's anyway to add the chapter number to the page number without using <chapnum>, I will do that instead!
Any other suggestions? What am I missing? I have spent way too long doing and redoing everything thinking I am missing something!