Issue: Numbered lists created with a paragraph style continue numbering from elsewhere in the document.
OS: Windows XP SP2
Software: InDesign CS3
Details: I would like numbered lists to begin with #1 rather than continuing numbering from elsewhere in the document.
If I highlight the list in question, then choose Type > Bulleted and Numbered Lists, the option to restart numbering is grayed out.
If I double click on the paragraph style and examine the Bullets and Numbering options the mode is "continue from previous number." If I change the mode to "Start at 1" every item in my numbered list has the number '1'.
I have no character styles applied and no overrides or local formatting applied.
Or, if there's another style that will always appear between the lists (eg, body text), make that style level 1 with no numbers and make your list level 2 with "restart after previous level" enabled.
Could you tell me what format those numbering samples are? I unzipped th IDCS3_Numbering samples, but don't know which format to choose for Numbering Exmples.indd--htm, html, or pdf nor that file's relatinship to the _MACOSX
This is a really old thread and david may not be watching anymore, so...
The zip file contains a CS3 .indd file that opens with InDesign. There's no HTML or PDF involved. Just ignore the _MacOSX folder. It's useless on PC and should be invisible to Mac users, but it needs to be extracted along with the .indd on the Mac.
When you open the file you'll probably get a missing plugin warning for History.IndesignPlugin. You can just ignore it and say OK and the file will open fine.
I don't understand how this works, but I'd like to. I'm trying to make numbered lists using a paragraph style, that's not a problem, but I can't get it to reset after another style, in this case a bold header. I need each batch of numbered bullets to restart at 1 after each of the header styles.
A quick way to reset the numbers to start from 1 for that list is select the particular list, then
under Para control panel:
- hit the little bullets button
-and then hit the numbered list button again
this appears to start them from 1 for that list without having to do the above steps.
Thanks so much!!! I'm using CS6 & this is the quickest way of restarting numbered lists. Love it! But do have to point out that it creates an override that you have to make sure you don't clear. If you do, it goes back to continuous numbering.
None of these suggestions work, or even make sense. Sorry.
I have the same problem as posed by Josh G. It seems this is a serious defect in ID with no way, sensible or ridiculous, of having a series of numbered lists, say ten or twenty lists, each list starting with 1 and ending with whatever.
Even creating a new paragraph style for each list fails to accomplish this. Fooling with "Mode" and "Restart Numbering" just gives all items in list the same number -- 1. This is pathetic.
People keep changing the subject before the question is answered. I am having the same problem - I have used InDesign for many years and have not had this problem before - it is very unpleasant - especially on a deadline, and I can understand his frustration. It ONLY happens when I use Paragraph Styles, not when clicking the Numbered List button. I would forgo using the Paragraph Syles altogether when using the Numbering List, but sometimes I need to change the spacing, and I'd like it to look consistent. I think I am going to have IT re-load InDesign.
This is a sample what I get:
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1. Msan ulput ulla alisi te minis adiam vel ut lore magnis dolummodion ullandrem augait, cons eumsan velit nisl ullandio eum velendre core doloreet nonullaor aliquis erilisim venibh el et lum inci te molum
1.Odionsent la core consendre ver si.
1. Ex eugiat nullaorem vel inci blam eu feu feuip ex exer suscil duis duisit ad dit wisit nibh et nummy nis auguer
Thank you for responding so quickly. Oddly enough I attended an InDesign training session thru my firm yesterday (really very interesting, even though we know all that stuff0 and I had a chance to talk to the people in our Marketing Division - all of whom have the same problem and tell me they avoid numbered lists, if possible. I am the only Graphic Designer in Engineering and that is NOT an option. Incidentally, I duplicated what occurs on my computer when I was using the Training Room computer, so everyone could see what I was up against.
I did a screen capture of what happens when I use numbered lists in conjunction with Paragraph Styles. I am attaching a PDF - not sure if it will post - if it doesn't, please contact me and we will figure something out.
Attachments are disabled. You can emebed a screen caprure in a post if you visit the web page again, or you can use a file share service and post a link.
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