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sequential table and figure formatting
I have figured out how to make a toc over multiple documents using RD codes,
but all the literature I have found so far does not really say how to do the same thing with a SEQ field. I need to renumber all the table and figures in each doc (except the first one) but when i try to do this manually it really causes problems. So I guess my question is twofold: How to number the tables and figures sequentially over several documents and then how to create a list of figures and tables in a master toc. I'm working on a PC with Word 2002 Thanks Vikki |
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Hi Vikki
VAS wrote: I have figured out how to make a toc over multiple documents using RD codes, but all the literature I have found so far does not really say how to do the same thing with a SEQ field. I need to renumber all the table and figures in each doc (except the first one) but when i try to do this manually it really causes problems. Define "manually"? Setting the first SEQ field in each file to start at a given value would be what I would expect. The only "problem" with this approach is that, well, if you change the number of tables/figures in the file before it, you'll have to do it again. ISTR there's macro code posted in the Usenet or WWW which automates this, so that's it's really only a matter of clicking a button and the code runs through your documents and does the work. So I guess my question is twofold: How to number the tables and figures sequentially over several documents and then how to create a list of figures and tables in a master toc. I'm working on a PC with Word 2002 "Master Document" is a Word feature that should only be handled with great care, and only let loose on copies of your work (and all the usual caveats/warnings apply, articles pointed to frequently in most "forums" dealing with the subject, try .longdocuments maybe. In short: If you are using RD fields to compile your own "central" document, it is up to yourself or your code to ensure that all numbering strings are correct. If you use a real Master Document, this should all work out of the box (but it probably takes a "Bachelor degree in Word" to get it right ... :-)). Greetinx Robert |
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Thank you for your reply, and after throwing away some dead brain cells I
figured out how to change the sequence #s in the docs by using the \r switch at each beginning figure and table. I don't expect the doc to change in the future, so doing it this way will work. I downloaded a Sequential field list macro from Greg Maxey's site, but don't know if this is the one you are referring to below. I only meant "master doc" in that I have a doc that contains all the front matter with the TOC. Wrong word, I have read enough warnings against Master Docs to know not to try it. I have enough headaches with the docs I work with as it is. My problem now is that I finally got everything to work, created a TOC, Figures, and Tables, but then the thing stopped working and so I'm now trying to create it again. But everytime I try to create the {RD} field, it disappears as soon as I type the D. I am following Jonathan West's template for creating a Table of Contents Spanning Multiple Documents. It worked fine, now it doesn't. "Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote: Hi Vikki VAS wrote: I have figured out how to make a toc over multiple documents using RD codes, but all the literature I have found so far does not really say how to do the same thing with a SEQ field. I need to renumber all the table and figures in each doc (except the first one) but when i try to do this manually it really causes problems. Define "manually"? Setting the first SEQ field in each file to start at a given value would be what I would expect. The only "problem" with this approach is that, well, if you change the number of tables/figures in the file before it, you'll have to do it again. ISTR there's macro code posted in the Usenet or WWW which automates this, so that's it's really only a matter of clicking a button and the code runs through your documents and does the work. So I guess my question is twofold: How to number the tables and figures sequentially over several documents and then how to create a list of figures and tables in a master toc. I'm working on a PC with Word 2002 "Master Document" is a Word feature that should only be handled with great care, and only let loose on copies of your work (and all the usual caveats/warnings apply, articles pointed to frequently in most "forums" dealing with the subject, try .longdocuments maybe. In short: If you are using RD fields to compile your own "central" document, it is up to yourself or your code to ensure that all numbering strings are correct. If you use a real Master Document, this should all work out of the box (but it probably takes a "Bachelor degree in Word" to get it right ... :-)). Greetinx Robert |
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I just figured it out, showing hidden text under tools.
sigh. "Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote: Hi Vikki VAS wrote: I have figured out how to make a toc over multiple documents using RD codes, but all the literature I have found so far does not really say how to do the same thing with a SEQ field. I need to renumber all the table and figures in each doc (except the first one) but when i try to do this manually it really causes problems. Define "manually"? Setting the first SEQ field in each file to start at a given value would be what I would expect. The only "problem" with this approach is that, well, if you change the number of tables/figures in the file before it, you'll have to do it again. ISTR there's macro code posted in the Usenet or WWW which automates this, so that's it's really only a matter of clicking a button and the code runs through your documents and does the work. So I guess my question is twofold: How to number the tables and figures sequentially over several documents and then how to create a list of figures and tables in a master toc. I'm working on a PC with Word 2002 "Master Document" is a Word feature that should only be handled with great care, and only let loose on copies of your work (and all the usual caveats/warnings apply, articles pointed to frequently in most "forums" dealing with the subject, try .longdocuments maybe. In short: If you are using RD fields to compile your own "central" document, it is up to yourself or your code to ensure that all numbering strings are correct. If you use a real Master Document, this should all work out of the box (but it probably takes a "Bachelor degree in Word" to get it right ... :-)). Greetinx Robert |
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