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• • July 2, 2021 at 9:36 am #14340771
    Brad Grigor

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    I am designing a book with parts and chapters. I want the parts and chapters to be self-numbering. I’m trying to get headings that look like “PART 3” and “CHAPTER 12”, etc. except I want the word “PART” and “CHAPTER” to have a character style than the number itself. I have tried all sorts of tricks, e.g. numbered lists in a paragraph style with nested styles, text variables, etc. with no success. Is this even possible in InDesign?

    As a more general feature, is it possible to define a numbered list and drop an element of that list at an arbitrary location?

    Otherwise, I’ll just manually number the book.

    Thanks!

  • July 2, 2021 at 9:42 am #14340798
    David Blatner

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    There are several ways to add numbers like this.

    You could use paragraph numbering… you can use chapter numbering in the Numbering & Sections dialog box and then use a Chapter Number variable (one of the Type > Text Variables) options…

    Some resources:

    Use Numbered Lists Instead of Auto Page Numbering

    Using a numbered list to create chapter numbers in a TOC

    Those pesky chapter numbers

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