3 Replies Latest reply: Jun 7, 2013 7:20 AM by P Spier Branched from an earlier discussion. RSS

    Automatic Section Numbering

    zimbop Community Member

      Sorry to dig this up from the recent past but I'm having this same issue and didn't want to start a new thread unnecessarily.

       

      Adding the section marker only seems to add text manually entered in the Numbering and Section Options > Start Section > Section Marker: text box. How do you get a section number to automatically appear there?

        • 1. Re: Automatic Section Numbering
          P Spier CommunityMVP

          I don't think you do. And starting a new thread would be better, actually, along with more details of what you want in the marker. I'll branch this to a new discussion, and you can reply with the gory details of what you want to see and your version of ID.

          • 2. Re: Automatic Section Numbering
            zimbop Community Member

            InDesign CS5.5

             

            I'm creating a single document and trying to use sections as chapters. I can see how to use the section marker to show manually added text (as I stated above) for running footers and such, but how would I add automatically updating section numbers (faux chapter numbers but in a single doc)? I'm thinking it's not possible after googling and forum searching.

            • 3. Re: Automatic Section Numbering
              P Spier CommunityMVP

              Rather than trying to do it with section prefixes, why not assign a unique paragraph style to the chapter heading that includes a Numbered List, and set the number to include "Chapter" or other text before the actual number. You can then pick up this text using a running header variable for the header or footer on subsequent pages.