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Markcq
Markcq
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February 1, 2022
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automatic numbering in headings with line breaks

  • February 1, 2022
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I have a slight issue this side while attempting to create automatic section/chapter numbers.

 

I have 12 documents to set up, each around 80-100 pages. I've automated a lot of the features using Paragraph-, Character-, Object-, Table-, Nested- and GREP styles. So for most part it's smooth sailing, but I don't want to do these numbers manually as mistakes could creep in, and if at some stage a section/chapter is moved I don't want to have to go and manully fix those.

 

This is what I want it to look like [below]. I set this up manually. Number (tab) Title... The text frame is the same width as the tab to ensure that the title will be forced to the next line.

 

 

So I wanted to automate this:

 

I edited the stylesheet to use numbering [above], but when I do this all the text oversets [below] and does not work the same way as usual/manual tabs.

 

Changing the width of the text frames show that it is working, but not forcing the text to the next line as a manual tab would [below].

 

Any thoughts or ideas?

PS. These sections/chapters will each be on their own page, but for demo purposes I placed them all on one page.

 

 

 

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Correct answer Laubender

Hi Markcq,

hm…the tab must be outside of the auto numbering scheme.

It must be a tab character that you can select when you put your cursor in the text.

 

You could also work with a single blank character also outside of the auto numbering.

That first blank character could be grabbed by a GREP style where the applied character style would change the width enormously so that the text after the blank must break into the next line:

 

 

Download my sample document from my dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p8qeai8fq6hxa2e/SampleDoc-LineBreak-with-FirstHorizontalSpace-2022.indd?dl=1

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

 

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LaubenderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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February 7, 2022

Hi Markcq,

hm…the tab must be outside of the auto numbering scheme.

It must be a tab character that you can select when you put your cursor in the text.

 

You could also work with a single blank character also outside of the auto numbering.

That first blank character could be grabbed by a GREP style where the applied character style would change the width enormously so that the text after the blank must break into the next line:

 

 

Download my sample document from my dropbox:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/p8qeai8fq6hxa2e/SampleDoc-LineBreak-with-FirstHorizontalSpace-2022.indd?dl=1

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

 

    Markcq
    MarkcqAuthor
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    February 8, 2022

    Uwe, you are a genius! that worked!

     

    I just had to come up with a solution for the TOC, becuase I used the Tab to separate the number and the heading in the TOC, but I used your same concept to do that and created a GREP code that would target the space after the digit:

    (?<=\d)\s

     

    Thank you for this. It will save so much time.

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