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    • #116115

      Hello
      I’m working on a textbook and the question and answer numbering is like the series below.
      Can I make paragraph styles that can deal with this?
      At the moment I’m making the ‘a’ ‘b’ ‘c’ series manually using tabs.
      1.
      2. a.
      b.
      3. a.
      b.
      4.
      5.a.
      Thank you for your help with my other question!

    • #116117
      Vinny –
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      Hi Deborah
      Hmmm. Interesting…

      I think it’s possible using 3 paragraph styles:
      1) Level 1 if not followed by a level 2 (such as 1. and 4. here)
      2) Level 1 if followed by a level 2 (such as 2.a., 3.a. and 5.a)
      3) Level 2 such as b. (or c., d…)

      For 1) nothing special to mention.

      For 2) set it as a level 1 numbered list + format 1,2,3… and manually enter “a.” in the list numbering:
      ^#.a.

      Now set 3) as a level 2 numbered list + format a,b,c
      At this stage, you should end up with something like this:

      1.
      2. a.
      a.
      3. a.
      a.
      4.
      5.a.

      Which is still not good enough, right?
      Question is: how can you make 3) start at b, then c, d and so on.
      Here comes the trick. Be aware it’s a tweak: I tested it on my CS6 version and it works, but I don’t know about CC versions…

      Now, set 3) “Mode” = “Start at 2”
      Before clicking OK, revert back to “Continue from Previous”.
      “2” is now greyed out, but somehow, Indesign uses it as a starting point, while allowing you to make it continuous.

      Hope that helps.
      Vinny

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      • #116133

        Hi Vinny!

        You are a master!

        I spent an embarrassingly long time trying to figure out how to work with the logic of the numbering system :)

        It felt like there should be a way or at least a clever hack. This is a nice solution – thank you from the team!! I will definitely credit you with this fix!!

        Thanks again.

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