Is there anything in html that can do this?

plfs · Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 3

Hi,

I don't know if there is anyway to accomplish this other than using some other language. Or hopefully someone knows of an editor that can easily do this?

What I want to do is to inset some sort of tags or link to a lookup list that will tell me what value a text should be. What I want to use this for is section numbers or graphics numbers in a help manual. So if I want to insert a new section, I do not have to search for the old section numbers and change them, both the text and # section links. I want to just add a key into the list. Like what MS Word does automatically for you. Does that make sense?

Thanks in advance!

Patti

Corey Bryant · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:34 am Re: Is there anything in html that can do this?

plfs · Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 3

In Word, you can something as simple as type a list of numbers, or they can be section numbers (for instance, 4.3.2).
Suppose I have a list of numbers:

1. text
2. text
3. text
4. text
5. text

If I insert a new item in between 3 and 4,
1. text
2. text
3. text
new. text
4. text
5. text

it will renumber 4 and 5 to 5 and 6 and make the new item 4.

When I edit my existing help manual (which by the way is already written in html) I do not want to search for the following 30 sections and renumber them by hand. It would be nice if there were some kind of pointer that went to a lookup list to see what the section number should be, then at least I could just edit a list and not having to be searching for all of my sections. Is that clearer?

Patti

Corey Bryant · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:48 am

Yes very much clearer.

You are referring to an ordered lists

plfs · Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 3

Nah, that won't work because mine is more of an outline.

My doc loooks more like

5. HEADING

5.1 Heading

5.1.1 heading

5.1.2 heading

5.2 Heading

<ol> will only let you do one number as far as I know, even if I use the start attribute as 5.4.3, it puts out 5 and 6 instead of 5.4.3 and 5.4.4.

gary.newelluk · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 1:14 pm

You can nest the lists as follows:

Corey Bryant · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:00 pm

You can also check out Automatic counters and numbering and Markers and lists but it will be some time before it is actually fully supoprted unfortunately.

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