JavaScript for continuously numbering documents

Edward — In what way can you not get it to work? What have you tried? Do you see an error message? Does something happen but not what you expected? Does nothing happen at all? The script works on the first section of every open document. To target all sections in a single document, do this:

app.documents[0].sections.everyItem().continueNumbering = true;

And you could even target all sections in all open documents:

app.documents.everyItem().sections.everyItem().continueNumbering = true;

And, finally, in case you want to open all documents in a book, here’s another one-liner:

app.open (app.activeBook.bookContents.everyItem().fullName);

There are many one-liners!

Peter

I think I understand the problem: you need to enable the book’s automatic page numbering: in the book’s fly-out menu (click the three small horizontal lines at the top-right of the book panel), select Book Page Numbering Options and check the automatic page numbering. That should do the trick.

I could add that as a second line to the script, but then it would no longer be a one-liner!

Strange. After running the script, when you go to a document’s Numbering & Section Options window, which button is selected? ‘Automatic Page Numbering’ or ‘Start Page Numbering at’? Please check more than one document.

By the way, Edward, coming back to your earlier query about saving documents: the script only changes the setting in the Numbering & Section Options window, nothing else. You need to save all the documents yourself.

P.

One last thing you can try: use the script to change the document to automatic numbering, and save all the documents. Then in the book panel’s flyout, select Update Numbering, then All Numbers (or Update Page and Section Numbers, whichever you prefer). Does that work?

But the one you’ve been using changes the documents to number automatically… You are using this one, correct?

app.documents.everyItem().sections[0].continueNumbering = true;

And it’s the page numbers that should be targeted, not any other type of numbering — correct?

P.

I can’t imagine that corruption plays a role. If any of your documents were corrupt, InDesign wouldn’t be able to open it or if it did, would probably crash.

If you zip up your files and send then to [email protected] I’ll have a look.

P.

I can’t imagine that corruption plays a role. If any of your documents were corrupt, InDesign wouldn’t be able to open it or if it did, would probably crash.

If you zip up your files and send then to [email protected] I’ll have a look.

P.

File received in good order, thank you. After I opened the book and all its documents (apart from the first two, which shouldn’t change) I ran the one-line script and all documents were renumbered correctly. I’ll send a screenshot of the before and after books to your email, I can’t attach it here. You did you open the documents, did you not?

P.

Excellent!