Using Numbered Lists in Running Head Text Variables

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    • #75701
      Larry Lutz
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      I’m very new to InDesign, and I’ve looked everywhere I can find for an answer to this question. I am in the process of creating an InDesign book composed of a number of documents which are in this case forming major sections in the book. I have successfully set up multilevel legal-style numbering (1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, etc.) which are in turn the basis for a the Heading 1, Heading 2, and so on styles in each document. Each major section has a Heading 1 paragraph style as its section title. (So for instance, you might have 1. Overview, 2. About Us, 3. New Ideas, and so on.)

      Now, I want to use the Heading 1 paragraph style as my running header throughout the document. Unfortunately, when I attempt to do that, I end up with Overview instead of 1. Overview in the header. The numbering doesn’t get picked up by the text variable and put into the running header.

      Is there any way to do that. (I know I’m probably missing something really obvious. Forgive me. I’ve been doing all this in Word, fairly successfully, but I’d really like to make the switch to InDesign, but I’m just learning.)

      I’m using InDesign CS 6 on Windows if that makes any difference.

      Can anyone help me on this?

    • #75705
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      I don’t think that’s possible with the built-in feature, but you can get it with this plug-in: https://in-tools.com/products/plugins/power-headers/
      When you think of how much time it saves, buying a little plug-in like this makes a lot of sense.

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