Re: Need help stripping front matter from chapter files

2023-07-13 Thread Jean Weber
Keith, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND that you DO NOT compile a book using a master document from files with hidden sections. As I have mentioned before, there is an obscure bug* that causes random x-refs to Figure numbers to be incorrect in some chapters. IT IS MUCH BETTER to either (1) manually remove tho

Re: Need help stripping front matter from chapter files

2023-07-13 Thread F Campos Costero
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 4:47 PM Keith N. McKenna wrote: > Jean Weber wrote: > > MD is a user-defined variable, which was inserted into the master > document > > for the book. > > Jean > > Jean; > > If you could give a a brief rundown on how that variable is inserted > into the master document it

Re: Need help stripping front matter from chapter files

2023-07-12 Thread Keith N. McKenna
Jean Weber wrote: MD is a user-defined variable, which was inserted into the master document for the book. Jean Jean; If you could give a a brief rundown on how that variable is inserted into the master document it would be a great help in creating the full book. Regards Keith On Wed, 5

Re: Need help stripping front matter from chapter files

2023-07-05 Thread F Campos Costero
Thanks, Jean. That makes sense. Francis On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 7:05 PM Jean Weber wrote: > MD is a user-defined variable, which was inserted into the master document > for the book. > Jean > > On Wed, 5 Jul 2023 at 06:18 F Campos Costero > wrote: > > > > > I noticed that in the Format -> Sectio

Re: Need help stripping front matter from chapter files

2023-07-04 Thread Jean Weber
MD is a user-defined variable, which was inserted into the master document for the book. Jean On Wed, 5 Jul 2023 at 06:18 F Campos Costero wrote: > > I noticed that in the Format -> Sections dialog that Section 1 is set to be > hidden when MD != 0. I guess that MD somehow represents Master Docum

Re: Need help stripping front matter from chapter files

2023-07-04 Thread Keith N. McKenna
F Campos Costero wrote: On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 12:02 PM Keith N. McKenna wrote: F Campos Costero wrote: On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 5:44 PM Keith N. McKenna < keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: Greetings all; As I am getting ready to start publishing some of the Writer Guide's chapter files I

Re: Need help stripping front matter from chapter files

2023-07-04 Thread F Campos Costero
On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 12:02 PM Keith N. McKenna wrote: > F Campos Costero wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 5:44 PM Keith N. McKenna < > keith.mcke...@comcast.net> > > wrote: > > > >> Greetings all; > >> > >> As I am getting ready to start publishing some of the Writer Guide's > >> chapter files

Re: Need help stripping front matter from chapter files

2023-07-04 Thread Keith N. McKenna
F Campos Costero wrote: On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 5:44 PM Keith N. McKenna wrote: Greetings all; As I am getting ready to start publishing some of the Writer Guide's chapter files I am running across a problem stripping the front matter from the files to be able to then combine them into the com

Re: Need help stripping front matter from chapter files

2023-07-04 Thread Michele Petrovsky
Keith, have you considered looking for a "rogue" (manually inserted) page break in that area? On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 11:08 AM Keith N. McKenna wrote: > F Campos Costero wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 5:44 PM Keith N. McKenna < > keith.mcke...@comcast.net> > > wrote: > > > >> Greetings all; >

Re: Need help stripping front matter from chapter files

2023-07-04 Thread Keith N. McKenna
F Campos Costero wrote: On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 5:44 PM Keith N. McKenna wrote: Greetings all; As I am getting ready to start publishing some of the Writer Guide's chapter files I am running across a problem stripping the front matter from the files to be able to then combine them into the com

Re: Need help stripping front matter from chapter files

2023-07-03 Thread F Campos Costero
On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 5:44 PM Keith N. McKenna wrote: > Greetings all; > > As I am getting ready to start publishing some of the Writer Guide's > chapter files I am running across a problem stripping the front matter > from the files to be able to then combine them into the complete book. > > Th