Lists that follow numerically from unnumbered headings

[maxwelld33750467]

Hello, 

I'm trying to create a list that will follow from a heading without a number. Here's an example:

HEADING 

1.1       ifbajibvjsnalj

1.2      bvljfbnlajvndsj

1.3      andsvjonavaj

ANOTHER HEADING

2.1     ansvnaljnvvn

2.2    fn;okk;mfv;kfma

2.3    vn;akofvv;k

ANOTHER HEADING AGAIN

3.1      asdnlsnokjsnvsko;vn

3.2      adf;vpadfm;kmvkf

Is there a way of doing this? 

It seems that as soon as you lose the number in the heading when you enter Paragraph Styles, the numbers in the list follow on from each other. 

I'm by no means an advanced Indesign user. I'm an architect, but use Indesign to put doc's together. So, have a pretty sketchy knowlegdge of the programme. So, please, no super techy answers! 

Thanks so much! 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

You need to make your heading style as a 1st level of numbering list - and remove numbers in the definition of the ParaStyle. 

Then make you list - 2nd level with restart after higher level.

Or you can restart manually:

https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-restart-numbered-lists-automatically/ 

[maxwelld33750467]

Thanks! 

I'm still having trouble! 

It would help if I knew what the circumflex and hash symbol are supposed to represent in the 'Number' box in the paragraph styles bit. 

So I've created a set of styles grouped together as a 'multi level' list. Everything works as it should. But, when I tweak the format of the Level 1 list (the main heading) to 'None' to lose it's number, the next level in the list loses the number of the first level. See screenshot below. 

Any ideas? 

[Robert at ID-Tasker · Accepted solution]

Right, sorry, I was replying from my phone.

First, you've to create a CharStyle with 0.1 pt size and 1% horizontal scale - to hide numbers:

then set it in the definition of the 1st level:

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

BUT - will you be using this 1st level in the TOC?

AND - will you be exporting ePUB?

[Robert at ID-Tasker · Accepted solution]

For TOC - it's still easy:

But if you want to export to ePUB - then I think you'll have to restart numbering manually - without using 1st level?

Or modify TOC before export and remove numbers in the 1st level?

Or maybe @James Gifford—NitroPress can pitch in?

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

EPUB doesn't support any kind of multilevel numbering; it would have to be converted to text (which is an option). Basically, if you can't do it in a web page, you can't do it in EPUB.

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

EPUB doesn't support any kind of multilevel numbering; it would have to be converted to text (which is an option). Basically, if you can't do it in a web page, you can't do it in EPUB.

By @James Gifford—NitroPress

So the numbers would've to be removed from the 1st level - after converting to text? 

[James Gifford—NitroPress]

I didn't look closely at the actual question; just noting that numbering in EPUB has to conform to HTML models or be converted to "dead" text, after which I suppose it could be modified. The difference in how numbering is handled in Word/ID and EPUB is a big stumbling block for heavily numbered texts.

[maxwelld33750467]

That worked! 

Thanks! 

Not sure what TOC or ePUB are? 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

TOC - Table of Contents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB

[maxwelld33750467]

Ah right. 

Was going for a bodge for the TOC. But, now you've kindly explained it to me, I'll do it the proper way! 

Thanks so much Robert! You've saved me a lot of time! 

[Robert at ID-Tasker]

You're welcome.