RE: Good Manual Numbering Scheme?

Subject: RE: Good Manual Numbering Scheme?
From: "David Knopf" <david -at- knopf -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 08:07:09 -0800


dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com wrote:

| David wrote:
| > Just switch to Framemaker--you won't *have* to do numbering
manually.
|
| Sean Hower wrote:
| >
| > what's that got to do with FAA regulations?
|
| Nothing, of course.
|
| Check the archives for discussions of Word's autonumbering feature.
| You'll find that the workaround is to number by hand--manual
numbering--
| and recommendations of switching to Framemaker.

Well, that's certainly one workaround (or two, if you count switching to
FrameMaker). Otoh, if you must use Word, it's a little more robust to
number with SEQ fields rather than doing it manually. See
http://www.knopf.com/tips/autonumber.html.

Regards,

David Knopf ~ mailto:david -at- knopf -dot- com
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