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1. Re: Illustration numbers using "chapter #" text variable
P Spier Oct 29, 2009 12:54 PM (in response to E Diane King)Untested, but you might be able to copy the variable to the clipboard, then use contents of clipboard in the change to field in your search and replace.
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2. Re: Illustration numbers using "chapter #" text variable
E Diane King Oct 29, 2009 2:23 PM (in response to P Spier)If you'll read again my initial post, you'll see that I tried that. The result was page numbers instead of the chapter #. Not sure why.
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3. Re: Illustration numbers using "chapter #" text variable
P Spier Oct 29, 2009 2:28 PM (in response to E Diane King)Oh Yes, I do see that now. Sorry.
I had in mind creating a text frame and putting in a chapter number variable, then copying that variable. Is that how you did it?
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4. Re: Illustration numbers using "chapter #" text variable
P Spier Oct 29, 2009 2:32 PM (in response to P Spier)I just tested that, and it seems to work OK here.
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5. Re: Illustration numbers using "chapter #" text variable
E Diane King Oct 29, 2009 2:33 PM (in response to P Spier)I did the first illustration number manually, inserting the variable in place of the manual lesson number. Then I copied the whole thing to the clipboard and did a a search for "Illustration ^9-" and replace with clipboard contents unformatted. I got "Illustration [page number]-" I thought that was really weird since the page number is a special character and not a variable--at least as far as I know. I don't know how ID handles it on the back end, but they are inserted from different menus.
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6. Re: Illustration numbers using "chapter #" text variable
E Diane King Oct 29, 2009 2:36 PM (in response to P Spier)Hmm, are you in CS4? I'm in CS3 for this project. I have CS4 on my personal laptop, but at work I only have CS3. I didn't test it in CS4 because it would be difficult to do this project on my personal laptop. I'm working with a team that all use CS3. But it might be worth importing it in long enough to fix the variables and then back saving if it works in CS4.
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7. Re: Illustration numbers using "chapter #" text variable
P Spier Oct 29, 2009 2:55 PM (in response to E Diane King)If I'm following your directions correctly, it's working in both CS3 and CS4 here. Are you sure you used a chapter number variable? If you copy and paste the variable into the find change dialog it should look like <0018>.
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8. Re: Illustration numbers using "chapter #" text variable
E Diane King Oct 29, 2009 2:58 PM (in response to P Spier)I'll double check it in the morning. It would be great if it does work and I just messed something up. I've been known to do that.
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9. Re: Illustration numbers using "chapter #" text variable
Alex J Whittingham May 26, 2011 4:34 AM (in response to E Diane King)I have exactly the same problem in CS4. I am trying to change illustration numbering from (text).(illustration number) to (chapter number variable). (illustration number) using find and replace. The find/replace dialogue box shows the code <0018> but, rather than chapter numbers, page numbers are inserted when I execute. Any ideas?
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10. Re: Illustration numbers using "chapter #" text variable
John Hawkinson May 26, 2011 9:27 PM (in response to Alex J Whittingham)Export to IDML, unzip, find the story file, find/change in your favorite editor, re-zip, open the IDML.
Or since you're using CS4 you can use INX and you won't have to unzip/zip, but you might lose features that aren't in CS3 (not sure).




