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May 28, 2017
Question

Automatic Figure Numbering, possible to create a span like "Fig. X - Y"?

  • May 28, 2017
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Hello,

I watched this tutorial and learned that you could create automatic figure numbering.

InDesign tutorial: Automatically updating figure references for books | lynda.com - YouTube

I'm currently writing my thesis and I have chapters where I have lots of images and have chosen

to use spans to free space and avoid the spreads from become messy looking.

I would like to:

1. be able to create a paragraph style that increases the numbering by 1, like "Fig. 1-2"

2. be able to create a paragraph style that increases the numbering by a freely chosen number, like "Fig. 7-10"

is this possible to do in indesign?

Best Regards

- Martin

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2 replies

vinny38
Legend
May 30, 2017

Hi

Can you be more specific about the logical of your request?

Do you mean that you'll have sometimes a very logical ordered list like :

 

1
1.1
1.2
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
3

And that sometimes, you want something like this:

 

1
1.1
1.5
2
2.1
2.7
2.6
3

Also, can you send a screenshot in Normal mode with all infos ON + threading visible in order to see the structure of your doc (primary frames, threaded frames, unthreaded frames...)

Eternal Warrior
Inspiring
May 30, 2017

+1

Steve Werner
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 29, 2017

Moving to InDesign forum