Peculiar autonumbering behavior

Question

Hello. I am having strange issues with paragraph autonumbering in a couple of Korean-language documents:
Here is the numbering format: H:<$chapnum>.<n+>\t< =0>< =0>< =0>< =0>< >< >
This will number in the following sequence: 1.1, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 through 1.9, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 through 1.49.

The sequence starts properly at 1.1, but then repeats 1.1 before going onto 1.2. Then after 1.9, it jumps back to 1.1. After that, however, the number sequence is normal.

I have tried using different series IDs (N: instead of H:) to no avail.

Any clues, anyone? I am befuddled, to say the least.

Thanks in advance,
Bill

frameexpert · Accepted Answer

After seeing a screenshot of the document (sent privately), this is likely an issue of disconnected pages or text flows. One way to check this: click somewhere in the document and choose Edit > Select All in Flow. Then set the document zoom to 25% and see if all of the content looks like it is selected. If not, you have disconnected pages or text flows, which is making the numbering restart.

adaptable_Rainbow5CA2 · Answer

Hey Bill,

I’ve run into similar weird numbering issues before. Usually it happens when Word (or whichever editor you’re using) thinks a new section or paragraph style is starting, so it “resets” the autonumbering. I’d check:

Hidden breaks or section breaks that might reset the numbers.
That the paragraphs are all using the same style and set to “Continue from previous list,” not “Restart numbering.”
Any manually typed numbers—those can mess with the sequence.

Once I cleaned up the breaks and made sure the style was consistent, the numbering stopped jumping around.

Regards,

Hamid Aiden

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