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Subject:Re: Summary: Chapter Numbering Problem From:David Girardot <dmgirard -at- CORNETLTD -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 18 Mar 1998 15:17:03 -0500
Saw your summary and wanted to mention another option. In your text: don't
use fixed numbers, use sequence fields. (You can do this in Word pretty
easily, I don't know about other programs.) For the chapter numbers, use a
field that refers to an external file. For my projects, I create a list of
chapter files, in order. Then I number them, bookmarking each number with
the chapter name. To reorder chapters, I just rearrange the list and change
the chapter number. Then I just update fields in the chapters and know that
everything is in sequence again.
