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Can't Get Numbered Headings to Incremment across Chapters in a Book in FM 2015

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June 22, 2015
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I have a book with 9 chapters. In each chapter are numbered headings (1; 1.1; 1.2; 2; 2.1; 2.1.1; etc). I cannot get the numbers to incremment from one chapter to the next. In every chapter, they begin again with 1. I've tried to change it in chapter-level Numbering Properties and the book-level Number Properties, and they still refuse to incremment. Page numbers will incremment across chapters though - that one worked. What am I missing?

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Correct answer Arnis Gubins

What are you using in the autonumber strings for the top-level headings [posting examples would help]? Are you using the $chapnum building block?

The numbering at the Book level always takes precedence over file level numbering specifications. You must control the numbering from the book file.

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re: I have a book with 9 chapters.

Are the chapters separate files, or are they all in the same file?

Arnis GubinsCorrect answer

Inspiring

What are you using in the autonumber strings for the top-level headings [posting examples would help]? Are you using the $chapnum building block?

The numbering at the Book level always takes precedence over file level numbering specifications. You must control the numbering from the book file.

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$chapnum was the missing link.