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Override Parent List Style in Children

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
January 12, 2025
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I want to make a multilevel list in the following manner:

I. Title

1.1 Subtitle

1.2 Subtitle

1.3 Subtitle

II. Title

2.1 Subtitle

2.2 Subtitle

However, if I set the first-level numbering format to I, II, III, and second-level numbering to 1, 2, 3, 4 with the numbering as ^1.^2^t, it will display I.1, I.2, I.3, and so on instead of 1.1, 1.2, 1.3.

Is there any way to "override" the parent numbering style when referencing it? If not, I think it is a quite common scenario and I would like to add this feature.

How to

FRIdNGE

Clearly:

(^/) The Jedi

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Help me understand the "clearly" comment, @FRIdNGE.

I see II, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 in your list

But unless I misunderstood, the OP wants II, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

I know you often see solutions where I see limitations, but the only way I am getting this to work is using 3 styles in two lists. If you can share your solution, great. If not, I will come back in the morning to explain mine to @Youxuan34444842hdxg.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

Barb Binder

Community Expert

Oops! Too bad, sorry!

We effectively need 3 para styles ["1" para style with leading = 0] and 2 lists! …

My contribution: … and 2 simple regex to quickly play the game:

(^/)

All good, @FRIdNGE.

I took the same approach, just no REGEX (and haven't actually looked at yours yet but will this afternoon).

Like you, I have an invisible paragraph—I called it List1.5—and like you, I used it to change the numbering style from roman numerals to arabic numerals, and to increment.

@Youxuan34444842hdxg The feature you are looking for—changing the numbering style and continuing to increment—is not part of InDesign's feature set. You can use either file to see ways to get around it.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

numbers.zip

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

This sill go automatically if all styles have the same list and different levels in their styles defined.

James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

Note that "same list" is crucial — you can't leave all the items in the default list, but must create a unique, named list and assign all of the levels that are to work together to that list. This detail is often overlooked, and without it things will "work" until they mysteriously don't. 🙂

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