Comments on: Setting up Numbered Lists that Jump Frames in CS3

By: Custom page numbers « prepressstuff

Custom page numbers « prepressstuff — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:11:33 +0000

[...] create one or more custom lists, as discussed in this post. Then, use that list in a paragraph style that turns on automatic [...]

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:07:30 +0000

I was hoping I could use a Numbered List to fix the omission in the Footnotes feature where you can’t have footnotes share numbering across separate stories. But it appears that footnotes are their own unique (and obnoxious) beast, and numbering restarts even when a custom numbered list is applied to the style. Does this match others’ experience?

By: wimmm

wimmm — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:49:47 +0000

This is the first time I use numbered lists for paragraphes and I encounter a serious problem with the character styling of the numbers in Indesign CS3.

In the character style I’ve applied an “underline” for the number, but it doesn’t show. When I convert the numbering to text the desired formatting suddenly appears… but I don’t want the numbering to be converted – it could still change later on. Is this a bug? Is there a workaround for the problem?

By: gbe

gbe — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:28:58 +0000

the out of order hack is not working for me!!! help!

I believe that it might have to do with each item of a numbered list being inside its its own anchored text frame – could that be? any ideas how to make the auto-numbering do its thing? I didn’t place all my items at the same time and my system would fall apart if I couldn’t fix what should be automatic…

just as an example I finished my document and there was a reference I missed near the beginning of my document. I have 27 items up until that point, and when i inserted this at the beginning, I got 28, not 1 as I would want and expect.

help, please!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:32:08 +0000

Looking for your tip jar –

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:31:10 +0000

Thanks Mike. Your answer to James was just what I needed… Now it is so simple.

Andrew

By: Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:45:32 +0000

As a follow up, note that if you have an inline text frame that sits inside another text frame, don’t copy and paste the inline text frame. Copy and paste the larger text frame that includes the inline text frame. Treat all inline text frames as part of a larger text frame. Otherwise the figure reference numbering doesn’t reorder.

By: Tom Johnson

Tom Johnson — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:41:25 +0000

” The numbering order is based on the order that you created the frames on the page. If you have multiple frames on the same page and you need to re-order them, you’re stuck having to copy and paste the frames in the right order. Crazy.”

This post was really helpful to me in learning how to reorder figure references. Thanks — am about to listen to episode 66 now.

By: Mark Schwanke

Mark Schwanke — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:06:02 +0000

David-

Thanks! I assumed that that is how I would have to do it.

Mark

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:37:51 +0000

@Mark: You just need to make different paragraph styles, one for each level, and each with its own bullet and indent level. InDesign isn’t a word-processor, so it doesn’t do all that work for you.