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My "Figure Title" numbering is starting itself over all of the sudden... can't figure out why!

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February 15, 2019
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All of the sudden in a document I'm writing, my Figure Titles have started back at 1 (1-1, 1-2, 1-3, etc and then back to 1-1).

Here's a screenshot -- I'm using Text Boxes to overlay the titles with a Paragraph Style applied to the text in each box.

It was all working fine until I got to the end of a page that for some reason needed me to add a disconnected page and then connect it to the previous page.

What am I doing wrong here? I checked my Paragraph Designer and the equation looks solid.

I'm guessing this has something to do with a text frame being disconnected somehow, but I can't determine which.

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Barb Binder

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As stated above, those disconnected frames are the issue.

When it comes to adding figures, I prefer the table method. Instead of anchored frames, I use anchored tables.

I add a single-cell table with the table title defined above or below.

Adding one image to the table.

Continuing to add images.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

doug1120

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You have the captions in text frames. We put them into the body of the document and assign a paragraph format to them. This avoids the problem you're seeing.

jimlightAuthor

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I have them in text frames, but with a paragraph format assigned to them. It was all working fine until I got near the end of the page... then when I added a new text frame to insert a new caption assigned with a paragraph format, the numbering started over.

Paragraph formatting:

H:Figure <$chapnum>-<n+1>:

I tried changing the erroring ones to H:Figure <$chapnum>-<n+>: and got nowhere.

doug1120

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Mine use the following:

F:Figure <n+>:

Try changing the <n+1> in all of them to just <n+>.

Also, in the Text Frame Properties window, check the Text Frame > Flow > Tag: field. Mine is blank and it works fine.

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

There are a number of possibilities, one of which is that the
FigureNo=1
format got re-applied, when
FigureNo
was desired (hypothetical names).

Also check text Flow names.

jimlightAuthor

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You know what's weird? When I select all in the flow, the two text boxes with figure titles in them that are causing me trouble are NOT in the flow... but if I try to add them to the flow, I get a mess.

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