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_JoshG_
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February 20, 2008
Question

Restart numbering not working for numbered lists created w/ paragraph style

  • February 20, 2008
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Issue: Numbered lists created with a paragraph style continue numbering from elsewhere in the document.
OS: Windows XP SP2
Software: InDesign CS3
Details: I would like numbered lists to begin with #1 rather than continuing numbering from elsewhere in the document.

If I highlight the list in question, then choose Type > Bulleted and Numbered Lists, the option to restart numbering is grayed out.

If I double click on the paragraph style and examine the Bullets and Numbering options the mode is "continue from previous number." If I change the mode to "Start at 1" every item in my numbered list has the number '1'.

I have no character styles applied and no overrides or local formatting applied.

Seems like the opposite problem from the discussion below:
http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3c055d95/2

Thanks,

Josh G.
Portland, OR
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      Anonymous
      April 13, 2008
      None of these suggestions work, or even make sense. Sorry.

      I have the same problem as posed by Josh G. It seems this is a serious defect in ID with no way, sensible or ridiculous, of having a series of numbered lists, say ten or twenty lists, each list starting with 1 and ending with whatever.

      Even creating a new paragraph style for each list fails to accomplish this. Fooling with "Mode" and "Restart Numbering" just gives all items in list the same number -- 1. This is pathetic.

      Or what am I missing? I'm from Missouri.

      Show me.

      (please ;-)

      Thanks.

      regards,

      stevenjs
        BobLevine
        Community Expert
        BobLevineCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        April 13, 2008
        It's certainly not intuitive but it does work. The trick is to create a
        numbered list style that has no number and use that to restart the
        numbering.

        Bob
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        _Rasat_Rasat_
        Participant
        April 7, 2008
        A quick way to reset the numbers to start from 1 for that list is select the particular list, then
        under Para control panel:
        - hit the little bullets button
        -and then hit the numbered list button again

        this appears to start them from 1 for that list without having to do the above steps.

        It worked for me.
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          wflex
          Participant
          July 17, 2015

          Works every time! This option is located at the top of my screen, not in the Window panel for Paragraph.

          Dave Creamer of IDEAS
          Community Expert
          Dave Creamer of IDEASCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          February 21, 2008
          A couple of other tips...

          Make sure you use Paragraph styles

          Make sure you name the lists (don't use the default name unless doing a continuous list document wide)

          For a numbered list, make two styles, both part of the same named list:

          One style, name NumList (for example) and set to continue from previous number;

          The second style, name NumList1 and based it one the first;
          set this style to (re)start the count at 1

          Use a character style to format the numbers if desired.

          I have a ID file with different numbered list examples at:
          <http://www.ideastraining.com/PDFs/IDCS3_NumberingExamples.zip>
          David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
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            Anonymous
            February 17, 2010

            David C,

            Could you tell me what format those numbering samples are? I unzipped th IDCS3_Numbering samples, but don't know which format to choose for Numbering Exmples.indd--htm, html, or pdf nor that file's relatinship to the _MACOSX

            Thanks!

            Peter Spier
            Community Expert
            Peter SpierCommunity Expert
            Community Expert
            February 17, 2010

            This is a really old thread and david may not be watching anymore, so...

            The zip file contains a CS3 .indd file that opens with InDesign. There's no HTML or PDF involved. Just ignore the _MacOSX folder. It's useless on PC and should be invisible to Mac users, but it needs to be extracted along with the .indd on the Mac.

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            _Dominic_Hurley_
            Participating Frequently
            February 21, 2008
            Or, if there's another style that will always appear between the lists (eg, body text), make that style level 1 with no numbers and make your list level 2 with "restart after previous level" enabled.
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              _Kenneth_Benson_
              Participating Frequently
              February 20, 2008
              You need a different paragraph style for the first item in a list.

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              Kenneth Benson
              Pegasus Type, Inc.
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