number list issue

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May 10, 2019
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i have a list that keep picking up the numbers from the previous instance i have no clue why.see below:

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Correct answer Barb Binder

Hi Jonathan:

You can use another paragraph to restart the list or right click the first entry and add an override. See https://www.rockymountaintraining.com/adobe-indesign-restart-numbered-lists-automatically/ .

~Barb

Jeff Witchel, ACI

Community Expert

Hi Jonathan,

Numbering can be fun. Sometimes!

He's a way that starting a new list will always work.

Set up you regular Numbering Style and name it Numbering.

Set up a second paragraph Style named Numbering 1. In this style you should set up Numbering to always start at 1. It also needs a Next Style set up in the General section of the Style. For Next Style choose your Numbering style.

In your document, select ALL the text for your new numbered list.

Then right-click on your "Numbering 1" Paragraph Style in the Paragraph Styles panel and choose "Apply Numbering then Next Style. And it will always start at 1.

Steve Werner

Community Expert

Change the Mode from Continue from Previous to Start At.

JonathanAriasAuthor

Legend

if i do that they all say "A.", i want it to be A, B, C, D and so on but not continue from previous one:

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Laubender

Community Expert

I would say that InDesign's numbered list feature is one of its deepest features. I teach InDesign but it took a few years using the feature before I figured out how it worked. Even harder for a newcomer, Almost impossible to learn by searching for postings or reading the documentation. The best source I found was Bob Bringhurst's tutorials written a decade ago:

Numbered Lists — Part I Outlines

Numbered Lists — Part II Multi-Level Lists

Numbered Lists — Part III Figure Captions

Numbered Lists — Part IV Numbered Steps

When Adobe rearranged their server a couple years ago, these disappeared and fortunately someone reposted them again.