I'm still on FM 7, so what I do might no longer be possible. I set up all the numbering in the individual book files, then at book level I set them all up as "Read from file" - avoids any risk of errors trying to duplicate the two sets of options. Might not help, but you never know . . . - Michael On 28 August 2012 16:49, Geoffrey <geoffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi austechies**** > > ** ** > > Help! I have a multi-file, multi-chapter book. In the numbering properties > of each file I have set the page numbers to continue from previous file. (I > have duplicated this in the book file.) I have updated the book file: > repeatedly. And still chapter 1 ends on page 17 and chapter 2 starts on > page 13! I haven’t seen such weird behaviour in FrameMaker before.**** > > ** ** > > Any clues?**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > ** ** > > Geoffrey Marnell**** > > Principal Consultant**** > > Abelard Consulting Pty Ltd **** > > P: 03 9596 3456**** > > M: 0419 574 668**** > > F: 03 9596 3625**** > > W: www.abelard.com.au**** > > ** ** >