Adobe Community: Restart numbering not working for numbered lists created w/ paragraph style

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1. (Kenneth_Benson),

Feb 20, 2008 3:17 PM in reply to (JoshG)

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You need a different paragraph style for the first item in a list.

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2. (Dominic_Hurley),

Feb 20, 2008 7:43 PM in reply to (JoshG)

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Or, if there's another style that will always appear between the lists (eg, body text), make that style level 1 with no numbers and make your list level 2 with "restart after previous level" enabled.

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3. David Creamer,

Feb 21, 2008 6:17 AM in reply to (JoshG)

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A couple of other tips...

Make sure you use Paragraph styles

Make sure you name the lists (don't use the default name unless doing a continuous list document wide)

For a numbered list, make two styles, both part of the same named list:

One style, name NumList (for example) and set to continue from previous number;

The second style, name NumList1 and based it one the first;
set this style to (re)start the count at 1

Use a character style to format the numbers if desired.

I have a ID file with different numbered list examples at:
<http://www.ideastraining.com/PDFs/IDCS3_NumberingExamples.zip>

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4. (Rasat_Rasat),

Apr 7, 2008 9:48 AM in reply to (JoshG)

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A quick way to reset the numbers to start from 1 for that list is select the particular list, then
under Para control panel:
- hit the little bullets button
-and then hit the numbered list button again

this appears to start them from 1 for that list without having to do the above steps.

It worked for me.

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5. forTheTimeBeing,

Apr 12, 2008 9:31 PM in reply to (JoshG)

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None of these suggestions work, or even make sense. Sorry.

I have the same problem as posed by Josh G. It seems this is a serious defect in ID with no way, sensible or ridiculous, of having a series of numbered lists, say ten or twenty lists, each list starting with 1 and ending with whatever.

Even creating a new paragraph style for each list fails to accomplish this. Fooling with "Mode" and "Restart Numbering" just gives all items in list the same number -- 1. This is pathetic.

Or what am I missing? I'm from Missouri.

Show me.

(please ;-)

Thanks.

regards,

stevenjs

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6. Bob Levine,

Apr 13, 2008 4:11 AM in reply to forTheTimeBeing

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It's certainly not intuitive but it does work. The trick is to create a
numbered list style that has no number and use that to restart the
numbering.

Bob

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7. Bob Levine,

Apr 13, 2008 4:15 AM in reply to (JoshG)

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I answered you in one of your threads but I'm using a newsreader and
don't have a link handy.

Bob

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8. forTheTimeBeing,

Apr 13, 2008 4:15 AM in reply to (JoshG)

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None of these suggestions work, or even make sense. Sorry.

I have the same problem as posed by others. It seems this is a serious defect in ID with no way, sensible or ridiculous, of having a series of numbered lists, say ten or twenty lists, each list starting with 1 and ending with whatever.

Even creating a new paragraph style for each list fails to accomplish this. Fooling with "Mode" and "Restart Numbering" just gives all items in list the same number -- 1. This is pathetic.

Or what am I missing? I'm from Missouri.

Show me.

(please ;-)

Thanks.

regards,

stevenjs

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9. (Kenneth_Benson),

Apr 14, 2011 1:29 PM in reply to forTheTimeBeing

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Please don't post the same complaint multiple times. Ask a specific
question.

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10. (karen_a_butler),

Apr 29, 2008 6:59 PM in reply to (JoshG)

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I would like to make a list of Top 20″ items with the number in a different color, a different and larger font than the rest of the list is there a way to do that?

Karen
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11. (Dominic_Hurley),

Apr 29, 2008 8:34 PM in reply to (JoshG)

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Create a character style and specify that in the numbers dialogue.

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12. (Johan_Snällfot),

Jun 23, 2008 6:59 AM in reply to (JoshG)

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"The trick is to create a numbered list style that has no number and use that to restart the numbering"

This doesn't seem to work. When a list doesn't display any numbers, InDesign fails to recognize it as a numbered list, and can't use it to restart lower leveled lists.

Please, if anyone has a suggestion as how to solve this - enlighten us!

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13. (Kenneth_Benson),

Jun 23, 2008 7:15 AM in reply to (Johan_Snällfot)

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> This doesn't seem to work.

It does work. Bob's suggestion was to create a numbered list style, not
a list with no numbers. Set up a style that uses List Type > Numbers,
and Numbering Style > Format > None. Set it to a lower level than your
numbered list level and make sure List > [Listname] is the same in both
styles, where [Listname] is the name you've used for your numbered lists.

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Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type, Inc.
www.pegtype.com

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14. peter at knowhowpro,

Jun 24, 2008 7:48 AM in reply to (JoshG)

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>Set it to a lower level than your numbered list level

I think you mean a lower-numbered list level, which is a higher-level level, right?

Regards,

Peter Gold
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15. (Kenneth_Benson),

Jun 24, 2008 9:16 AM in reply to peter at knowhowpro

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> I think you mean a lower-numbered list level, which is a higher-level level, right?

You lost me. I get "lower-numbered" list level, but I don't understand
"higher-level level". The only "level" I was writing about is the Level
field in Bullets and Numbering.

You need (at least) two paragraph styles: a numbered list style, and a
style that resets the numbering in the numbered list style. The "reset"
style can be any style you want. It just has to consistently show up
anywhere between the end of one list and the beginning of the next. Both
styles should have numbering turned on, but the reset style doesn't
necessarily have to display a number. The reset style could be Body Text
(with no numbers) if Body Text always shows up between numbered lists.

In the Bullets and Numbering tab of Paragraph Style Options, the reset
style should have a lower Level than the numbered list style. So if the
numbered list style has a Level of 2, the reset style should have a
Level of 1.

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Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type, Inc.
www.pegtype.com

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16. peter at knowhowpro,

Jun 25, 2008 4:41 AM in reply to (JoshG)

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Hi, Kenneth:

>n the Bullets and Numbering tab of Paragraph Style Options, the reset
style should have a lower Level than the numbered list style. So if the
numbered list style has a Level of 2, the reset style should have a
Level of 1.

Sorry if I was unclear. Your first post was ambiguous to me, but your description above is quite precise.

My point was that level 1 is the highest level in a hierarchical text structure, like an outline, or chapter - section - subsection document. But, it's the lowest-numbered level.

Regards,

Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices

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17. (Johan_Snällfot),

Jun 27, 2008 12:45 PM in reply to (JoshG)

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"Set up a style that uses List Type > Numbers, and Numbering Style > Format > None."

Thanks! I was so focused on trying to remove the number character from the text-field bellow (which appearantly makes InDesign ignore numbering completely), I totally missed that option.

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18. (Johan_Snällfot),

Jul 1, 2008 6:42 AM in reply to (JoshG)

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Seriously...

"but the reset style doesn't necessarily have to display a number"

I really can't get this to work. When I have numbering visible on the level 1 list, the next paragraph (with level 2 assigned) restarts its numbering.

However, as soon as I hide the number in the level 1 list, the restart fails.

Can anyone confirm that this works? What am I doing wrong?

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19. (Kenneth_Benson),

Jul 1, 2008 8:11 AM in reply to (Johan_Snällfot)

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Yes, I've already confirmed that this works. I use it daily to number
chapter endnotes. Note head (that says "Notes to Chapter Five") is the
reset style. The notes number themselves restarting at 1 after every
note head.

Show me screencaps of the Bullets and Numbering tab of both paragraph
styles (the style for the numbered list paragraph and the style for the
"reset" paragraph) and I'll try to figure out what you're doing wrong.

Or send me your file and tell me what are the names of the list style
and the reset style. kbenson at pegtype dot com

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Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type, Inc.
www.pegtype.com

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20. (Dominic_Hurley),

Jul 1, 2008 2:38 PM in reply to (JoshG)

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I've also been using this since I got CS3. Try this:

Numbered list: List Style = Numbers; List = [Enter specific list name]; Level = 2; Format = 1, 2, 3, 4... [or your choice]; Number = ^#.^t [or whatever you want]; Character Style = [Your choice]; Mode = Continue from Previous Number; Restart Numbers After = Any Previous Level.

Body Text (or other style): List Style = Numbers; List = [Enter same specific list name]; Level = 1; Format = None; Number = [Blank]; Character Style = None; Mode = Start At 1.

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21. (Johan_Snällfot),

Jul 16, 2008 1:51 AM in reply to (JoshG)

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Thanks a bunch guys! Problem was, I hadn't set the "invisible" list to [Start at 1]. I can't say that I understand the rationale behind this behavior but it sure seems to work!

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22. (Dominic_Hurley),

Jul 16, 2008 3:13 AM in reply to (JoshG)

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>I can't say that I understand the rationale behind this behavior.

It's nothing mysterious - you're just restarting the list after a higher-level style, just like going back to (a) after 2 in the sequence 1, (a), (b), (c), 2, (a) ... . If a numbering feature doesn't let you restart the numbering, it's not much good.

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23. (Johan_Snällfot),

Jul 17, 2008 2:43 AM in reply to (JoshG)

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Yeah, I get the principle, but why is it necessary to set the top level list to [Start at 1]? Anyways, thanks again for all the help!

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24. (Kenneth_Benson),

Jul 17, 2008 7:43 AM in reply to (Johan_Snällfot)

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> why is it necessary to set the top level list to [Start at 1]?

I don't think that it is. Mine is set for Start at 0. For a list that
displays no numbers, does it really matter what number it starts
counting at?

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Kenneth Benson
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25. (Lynn_Anslow),

Jul 28, 2008 10:34 AM in reply to (JoshG)

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I am revisiting this because I have an almost-similar question.

I have a document in which every paragraph is numbered.

1 (Level 1)
1.1 (Level 2)
1.2
1.2.1 (Level 3)
1.2.2
...
1.4
1.5
1.5.1
1.1

For no apparent reason, my numbering resets itself after section 5. I haven't changed the paragraph styles at all. If I pull the problem level up to the paragraph above it (e.g., 1.5.2), it works fine but the next Level 2 resets itself to 1.1.

"Continue Numbering" is not an option. Neither is "Clear Overrides." I tried selecting all paragraphs, removing the numbering, and then clicking the numbering button again, and that just wreaked havoc. All the numbering in the document went kablooie. ("Kablooie" = Technical Term.)

In the past, "Clear Overrides" or remove/add numbering has worked for me. Not today. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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26. Bob Levine,

Jul 28, 2008 12:21 PM in reply to (Lynn_Anslow)

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Could be a bit of corruption in the document. Export it to INX and try
opening that.

Bob

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27. (Lynn_Anslow),

Jul 28, 2008 12:42 PM in reply to (JoshG)

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Actually, I changed everything to a Level 2, then went through and reformatted all the Level 3s. That seems to have worked.

There's either some corruption in the document, in the software, or in my computer.

Sometimes InDesign likes to turn the section numbers into Greek characters. Never the same document twice.

Oh well. Do you know of any ID3 consultants in the Washington, DC area? My bosses want to bring in someone who knows what they're doing, just to finish the darn manual. Because clearly I haven't got what it takes.

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28. Bob Levine,

Jul 28, 2008 12:48 PM in reply to (Lynn_Anslow)

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Are you looking for a designer or consultant?

Bob

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29. (Lynn_Anslow),

Jul 28, 2008 1:02 PM in reply to (JoshG)

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A consultant, I guess. Not a trainer. Someone who can come in and look at the document and, once they've stopped laughing, fix all the mistakes and make it ready for "Publishing" in PDF format.

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30. Bob Levine,

Jul 28, 2008 1:11 PM in reply to (Lynn_Anslow)

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I'm in New Jersey and should be able to help. Contact me offlist by
clicking on my name and going to my website.

Contact info is there.

Bob

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31. yenelli,

Feb 17, 2010 2:55 PM in reply to David Creamer

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David C,

Could you tell me what format those numbering samples are? I unzipped th IDCS3_Numbering samples, but don't know which format to choose for Numbering Exmples.indd--htm, html, or pdf nor that file's relatinship to the _MACOSX

Thanks!

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32. Peter Spier,

Feb 17, 2010 3:25 PM in reply to yenelli

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This is a really old thread and david may not be watching anymore, so...

The zip file contains a CS3 .indd file that opens with InDesign. There's no HTML or PDF involved. Just ignore the _MacOSX folder. It's useless on PC and should be invisible to Mac users, but it needs to be extracted along with the .indd on the Mac.

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33. Peter Spier,

Feb 17, 2010 3:27 PM in reply to Peter Spier

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When you open the file you'll probably get a missing plugin warning for History.IndesignPlugin. You can just ignore it and say OK and the file will open fine.

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34. yenelli,

Feb 17, 2010 3:28 PM in reply to Peter Spier

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THX, Peter!

RoboHelp has the same problem, perhaps this example will help, but I can't get to it without InDesign

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35. raju_rimal,

Mar 15, 2010 6:59 PM in reply to (Dominic_Hurley)

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Thanks, This Really Helped me.

Thank u very much.

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36. Contributor37013,

Nov 9, 2010 7:02 AM in reply to (Kenneth_Benson)

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People keep changing the subject before the question is answered. I am having the same problem - I have used InDesign for many years and have not had this problem before - it is very unpleasant - especially on a deadline, and I can understand his frustration. It ONLY happens when I use Paragraph Styles, not when clicking the Numbered List button. I would forgo using the Paragraph Syles altogether when using the Numbering List, but sometimes I need to change the spacing, and I'd like it to look consistent. I think I am going to have IT re-load InDesign.

This is a sample what I get:

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Cindy

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37. Bob Levine,

Nov 9, 2010 7:08 AM in reply to Contributor37013

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Without seeing your settings there's no way to diagnose it. Can you upload the file somewhere?

Bob

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38. Peter Spier,

Nov 9, 2010 7:09 AM in reply to Contributor37013

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Looks like your style is set to always start at 1 rather than continue from previous. Numbered lists are tricky (I still struggle with teh beause I seldom use them). Have you read the help about them?

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