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February 13, 2023
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cross ref

  • February 13, 2023
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Indesing can still amaze me,

paragraph number only is not an option for cross ref,

and i need a figure numbering to link only since translation for specific language

has a different text within the paragraph,

so how can i have a 
cross ref that would be like :  Obrázku 2
if the figure text is Obrázek 2 ?

i tried elim from the menu but i cannot define a whole word to exclude from cross ref,

is there a way?



i need only paragraph number to be shown in cross ref

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Barb Binder
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 14, 2023

I know! It seems like an easy add. And while no one is voting for it, the request shows up fairly regularly. 

 

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
Peter Kahrel
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 14, 2023

Sorry, I misunderstood you. You're correct, that's not possible in InDesign. InDesign's paragraph numbering is a paragraph feature, the numbering should be a character feature so that the number could appear in other positions than at the start of the paragraph.

Barb Binder
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 13, 2023

If anyone has a solution to this, it will be @Peter Kahrel. To me, this is yet another example of a missing feature that we have in FrameMaker—the ability to x-ref ParaNum and ParaNumOnly (Figure 1 and 1). Please vote on the feature request!

https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/40317685-make-it-possible-to-use-paranumonly-in-indesign-cr

 

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
Known Participant
February 13, 2023

i simply cannot understand how this can happen,

really it is so easy at frame maker,

and ,,, i thought that i was missing something,,,, but apparently indesign does

Peter Kahrel
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 13, 2023

Where does that number come from? How is it generated?

Known Participant
February 13, 2023

FIgure caption

Peter Kahrel
Community Expert
Community Expert
February 13, 2023

Look again:

 

Known Participant
February 13, 2023

this won't work for figure number,

so that i can change only the word "figure" in order to localize it,

it works only for headings