I don’t think it is possible to have more than one page 001 by using page numbering.
Perhaps it would be easier if you used numbered lists with two different sequences of numbers “interleaved” (ie., list A on the odd pages and list B on the even pages) and each showing only one item per page. (I’m not sure if my description makes sense.)
Mind you, it could be fiddly to set up — perhaps so much so that it is not worth the effort — I’ve not actually tried it.
David Blatner said:
It's always hard to get InDesign to link two separate paragraphs on a page. But there are a couple of ways to achieve the goal, I think.
For example, you could make the table of contents have NO page numbers, and add the numbering like this:
https://creativepro.com/usi…..-a-toc.php
Or you could make the numbering with cross-references instead of a TOC. Maybe adding invisible numbering to the heads…
Or you could make the TOC based on “invisible” paragraphs:
https://creativepro.com/cre…..lt-toc.php
good luck!
Thanks, David! I think I found a solution, though I still could use some help. I couldn't get my mind around the first example (https://creativepro.com/usi…..-a-toc.php), and I have no experience with cross-references yet, so I jumped to option 3 – “invisible” paragraphs (https://creativepro.com/cre…..lt-toc.php). I just created an invisible text box on top of each hymn and put in it the title, a tab and the hymn number. By supressing page numbers in the TOC dialog and selecting alphabetical sorting, I'm good to go. My problem is that I don't know about getting the hymn numbers to go to the right margin in the TOC. Do I need to do a right tab in the invisible text boxes, or just tweet the TOC entries paragraph style and insert a leader? I tried everything I could think of, but can't seem to get it.
David Blatner said:
It's always hard to get InDesign to link two separate paragraphs on a page. But there are a couple of ways to achieve the goal, I think.
For example, you could make the table of contents have NO page numbers, and add the numbering like this:
https://creativepro.com/usi…..-a-toc.php
Or you could make the numbering with cross-references instead of a TOC. Maybe adding invisible numbering to the heads…
Or you could make the TOC based on “invisible” paragraphs:
https://creativepro.com/cre…..lt-toc.php
good luck!
Thanks, David! I think I found a solution, though I still could use some help. I couldn't get my mind around the first example (https://creativepro.com/usi…..-a-toc.php), and I have no experience with cross-references yet, so I jumped to option 3 – “invisible” paragraphs (https://creativepro.com/cre…..lt-toc.php). I just created an invisible text box on top of each hymn and put in it the title, a tab and the hymn number. By supressing page numbers in the TOC dialog and selecting alphabetical sorting, I'm good to go. My problem is that I don't know about getting the hymn numbers to go to the right margin in the TOC. Do I need to do a right tab in the invisible text boxes, or just tweet the TOC entries paragraph style and insert a leader? I tried everything I could think of, but can't seem to get it.
It's always hard to get InDesign to link two separate paragraphs on a page. But there are a couple of ways to achieve the goal, I think.
For example, you could make the table of contents have NO page numbers, and add the numbering like this:
https://creativepro.com/usi…..-a-toc.php
Or you could make the numbering with cross-references instead of a TOC. Maybe adding invisible numbering to the heads…
Or you could make the TOC based on “invisible” paragraphs:
https://creativepro.com/cre…..lt-toc.php
good luck!
It's always hard to get InDesign to link two separate paragraphs on a page. But there are a couple of ways to achieve the goal, I think.
For example, you could make the table of contents have NO page numbers, and add the numbering like this:
https://creativepro.com/usi…..-a-toc.php
Or you could make the numbering with cross-references instead of a TOC. Maybe adding invisible numbering to the heads…
Or you could make the TOC based on “invisible” paragraphs:
https://creativepro.com/cre…..lt-toc.php
good luck!
Believe it or not…that makes sense! No way am I overriding individual items when I get one that runs to about 800 pages. Thanks for all your help on this and everything you do for IDUs!
Believe it or not…that makes sense! No way am I overriding individual items when I get one that runs to about 800 pages. Thanks for all your help on this and everything you do for IDUs!
Okay, it just gets stranger. Each numbered box seems to stand alone. No text threads are shown. That may be because I have number across stories selected.
I initially created the numbered lists on the master page then override them on document page one. Then I just start option-dragging on page 1 (makes 2 page total)…then select page 1 and 2 and option drag both for a 4 page total, and so on, and so on, and so on…
Okay, it just gets stranger. Each numbered box seems to stand alone. No text threads are shown. That may be because I have number across stories selected.
I initially created the numbered lists on the master page then override them on document page one. Then I just start option-dragging on page 1 (makes 2 page total)…then select page 1 and 2 and option drag both for a 4 page total, and so on, and so on, and so on…
I'm wanting to make a numbered list that looks exactly like this:
I'm having trouble with aligning on the decimal.
I've read David's blog post about aligning on the decimal and I understand to set the numbers' alignment to right. I also know the part about increasing the left indent and/or decreasing the first-line indent to allow room for the numbers.
I'm able to get it to work just fine… until my list items start wrapping to two lines. Then, no matter what I try, it all just kinda falls apart. Either the first line is indented too far, it's not indented enough, or it's indented perfectly but the numbers are back to being left-aligned.
Can somebody just give me the settings I'd need to use to make it work perfectly? I want the list items to be close to the decimal, the numbers to be right-aligned, and I want the wrapped lines to have the exact same left-alignment as the first line.
Thankie!
I'm wanting to make a numbered list that looks exactly like this:
I'm having trouble with aligning on the decimal.
I've read David's blog post about aligning on the decimal and I understand to set the numbers' alignment to right. I also know the part about increasing the left indent and/or decreasing the first-line indent to allow room for the numbers.
I'm able to get it to work just fine… until my list items start wrapping to two lines. Then, no matter what I try, it all just kinda falls apart. Either the first line is indented too far, it's not indented enough, or it's indented perfectly but the numbers are back to being left-aligned.
Can somebody just give me the settings I'd need to use to make it work perfectly? I want the list items to be close to the decimal, the numbers to be right-aligned, and I want the wrapped lines to have the exact same left-alignment as the first line.
Thankie!
