Heading Numbers messed up in a chapter

Question

Heading numbers are messed up in chapter 1 of my book file. Is there a way to fix this problem?

1.1.3 Heading1 text here

1.1.3.1 Heading1 text here

1.1.3.2 Heading1 text here

1.1.3.3 Heading2 text here

1.1.4 Heading1 text here

....then the next heading begins at

3.1 Heading txt

3.1.1 Heading...

3.1.2 Heading...

The Autonumber Format is

<n>.<n+> (H1)

<n>.<n>.<n+> (H2)

<n>.<n>.<n>.<n+> (H3)

Arnis Gubins · Accepted Answer

It's probably because you have all of your numbering in the same series, i.e. no series label is used.

FM's autonumbering can use a series label so that the numbering streams behave independently. The series label consists of a single character (upper and lower case are separate) followed by a colon, e.g. H: (see the example in the reply by Niels).

For headings, you can use the H: or h: label. Some users also use F: for figures and T: for tables, but it's up to you to define your preferred scheme.

The paragraphs that use the <a=...> numbering should be in a separate series from the headings, i.e. A:<a=1>\t and A:<a+>\t

FieryPantone · Answer

I guess what you're doing works so far, otherwise your question would have been different … but when I'm using multi-level numbering like this, I always define all levels of counter: so my :h1 definition would be something like H:<n+>.< =0>< =0>< =0>, while :h2 would be H:<n>.<n+>< =0>< =0> and :h3 would be H:<n>.<n>.<n+>< =0>.

Using a sequence label helps avoid interference, for example if you're using numbered headings and a separate sequence for figure captions, and resetting trailing levels helps make sure things work smoothly.

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