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• • June 19, 2015 at 8:59 am #76086
    Lisa Radunz

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    How does one proper set up a set of numbered paragraphs in which the Level 1 uses Roman numerals but the level 2 and level 3 use Arabic numerals?
    For example
    I. Level one
    1.0 Level Two
    1.1 Level Two
    1.1.1 Level Three

    I am able to get the numbers to sequence correctly, even to include the 0 as desired, but the first number in the Level 2 and 3’s stay Roman and not Arabic. Thoughts or suggestions?

  • June 19, 2015 at 9:41 am #76087
    Lisa Radunz

    Member

    Update, for anyone interested I found a way to trick the numbers to do what I want by adding a hidden style, also level one and basing the subsequent ones off that instead. Reply if anyone needs more detail. I never did find out how to do it with fundamental Indd settings but it works.

  • June 22, 2015 at 4:10 pm #76154
    Michele Lukowski

    Member

    Hi, I think your method could help me. I received an outline for a user manual where the chapters are numbered 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0, 2.1, etc. and InDesign doesn’t seem to allow me to start any numbering with a “0”; I can do a numbering system that starts with 1.1, but not 1.0. I understand that the correct numbering should not use the “0”s, but it is not within my authority to change that, so I have to figure out how to make InDesign do these.

  • June 22, 2015 at 4:40 pm #76155
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    Here’s one option: https://creativepro.com/multilevel-numbering-like-2-0-1.php

  • June 23, 2015 at 5:23 am #76165
    Lisa Radunz

    Member

    David’s link should certainly help Michele.

    For anyone else whose issue is using a mixed format for the numbering style between levels, the ‘solution’ I used was a hidden style to insert placeholder paragraphs to trick the sub-level numbering.

    My paragraph styles were:
    HI; level 1; format I,II…; number: ^#.^t
    HI-0; level 1; small font size, color white; format 1,2,3; number: ^#.^t
    H1; level 2; based on HI; format: 1,2,3; number: ^2.^3.^t; ‘continue from previous’, ‘restart numbers…’
    H2; level 3; based on H2; format: 1,2,3; number: ^2.^3.^4.^t; ‘continue from previous’; ‘restart numbers…’

    Text example is:
    I. Roman Header HI
    1. Arabic Header HI-0 text is white and small, effectively hidden
    1.0 Arabic Sub Header H1
    1.1 Arabic Sub Header H1
    1.1.1 Arabic sub text paragraph H2 blah blah.
    II.Roman Header
    2. Arabic Header HI-0 text is white and small, effectively hidden
    2.0 Arabic Sub Header H1
    2.0.1 Arabic sub text paragraph H2 blah blah.
    2.1 Arabic Sub Header H1
    2.1.1 Arabic sub text paragraph H2 blah blah.
    2.1.2 Arabic sub text paragraph H2 blah blah.

    That might be confusing written out there but when you see it, it makes sense and works.

  • June 23, 2015 at 8:50 am #76175
    Michele Lukowski

    Member

    David’s article was helpful however I ended up solving my problem differently altogether, using 2 paragraph styles and 2 and 3 level lists. Here’s how it worked out:

    Level 1 List Style: Basic 2-Level list with the number as ^#.0^t, continuing from the previous number.
    Level2 List Style (based on level 1 style): 3-level list with the number as ^1.^3^t, continuing from the previous number

    These make a list like:
    1.0 Level 1 list style
    1.1 Level 2 list style
    1.2 Level 2 list style
    2.0 Level 1 list style

    Etc.

    In playing around with multiple styles I ended up also finding a very easy way to force InDesign to start a numbering level at 0 instead of 1.

    In the dialog box where you have the option to “start numbering at”, change the numbering to start with 0. Then change the option back to “Continue from previous number”. In the greyed out box you will still see a “0”, and if you have a 1-level list with the numbers as ^#, they will start at 0.

  • June 23, 2015 at 1:58 pm #76202
    Michele Lukowski

    Member

    Edit: On the level 2 list style, the number format should actually be ^2.^3^t to make the numbers come out sequentially.

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