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MattSmartt
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November 9, 2018
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Unable to renumber endnotes in indd CC 2019

  • November 9, 2018
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I have a Word doc with 310 endnotes (in continuous numbering) that need to be auto-renumbered in inDesign CC 2019 to begin at "1" every chapter. I've set section breaks for every chapter and followed tutorial guidelines for settings, including changing the numbering mode in Text>Endnote Options to "Restart Every Story," but the numbers remain continuous throughout. As an FYI, when I convert endnotes to footnotes, they correctly renumber per chapter, but returning them to endnotes converts them back to continuous numbering. Does anyone have a solution?

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    Ian Blogs
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    November 9, 2018

    I don't think Indesign can start endnote numbering at each section. I think you have to separate the doc into separate stories.

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
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    November 10, 2018

    Hi Ian,

    you are right. With endnote numbering it's either Continous or Restart Every Story.

    From my German InDesign, Endnote Options showing:

    A Story is an enitiy of consecutive texts running in threaded text frames ( and/or text paths ).

    Or with a single text frame or text path.

    A story is not a section of texts. So special character SECTION MARKER will not split text into several stories.

    Regards,
    Uwe

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    JongwareCommunity Expert
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    November 10, 2018

    But it works with footnotes that way.

    I think the reason you can't do this with endnotes is more pragmatic: yes, it should be simple to restart the numbering. But all endnotes still appear together at the very end of the story!  And then you'd have several sets of notes 1., 2., 3., ..., 1., 2., 3.,  and so on.

    It must be the same reason the other footnote option  "Restart every spread" is not available for endnotes.

    Conclusion: footnotes and endnotes are two different things.

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