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Pradi1988
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June 24, 2023
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Bullets and Numbering Question

  • June 24, 2023
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Please check the below image

I'm using this style for my document chapter number. But when I apply the style, it always comes Chapter 1 only. How to get Chapter 2, 3 etc...? Can any one help me please?

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    Correct answer Peter Spier

    The Chapter Number special character refers to the Chapter number assigned in the Numbering And Section Options dialog accessible from the Pages Panel. It's used in conjunction with the Book feature where each dcoument included in the book can have a chapter number, burt no document can have more than one.

    It sounds like you have a single document you are breaking into chapters usimng this pasragraph style to designate the start of each chapter, so you shoud use the ordinary default number plasceholder ^# with your "Chapter" prefix typed in as you currently show in the screen capture.

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    Peter Spier
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    Peter SpierCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    June 24, 2023

    The Chapter Number special character refers to the Chapter number assigned in the Numbering And Section Options dialog accessible from the Pages Panel. It's used in conjunction with the Book feature where each dcoument included in the book can have a chapter number, burt no document can have more than one.

    It sounds like you have a single document you are breaking into chapters usimng this pasragraph style to designate the start of each chapter, so you shoud use the ordinary default number plasceholder ^# with your "Chapter" prefix typed in as you currently show in the screen capture.

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      Pradi1988Author
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      June 24, 2023

      Thank you @Peter Spier Now I understood. This feature is only for book files. Anyway, I'm trying to make a document like in this attached screenshots. Until chapter 1 ends, every page top chapter heading will be there and only chapter sub heading get changed as 1.1, 1.2 etc. You can see from the 2nd screenshot, problem is, chapter or subheading numbers not getting auto update after chapter 2 started. I tried everything I know. No solution found. If you know a solution for this, I truely greatful for it. If you want to do some trying on this, I have attached my indesign file too.

       

       

        Peter Spier
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        Peter SpierCommunity Expert
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        June 24, 2023

        I see you've asked this question over at https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/complex-number-list-needs-help/m-p/13889452#M531425 where @rob day has offered a suggestion. I'm not really fluent with numbered lists as I mostly do advertising and similar work which doesn't require multi-level lists, but my gut instinct is this will need to be set up with two paragraph styles. one level 1 and one level 2 list.

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