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Book and automatic chapter numbering within a paragraph style

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    • May 11, 2020 at 4:30 am #1249686
      Welton Carlos
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      I am working with a book and several documents in it. My titles in my documents are numbered automatically with a paragraph style. My first document in the book is indicated as a style source. The problem is that every document starts numbering from 1. I can change that in each document manually within the paragraph style (bullets and numbering/Numbering style/Mode Start at X. But each time I synchronise my book, the chapters in each document starts with 1. What am I overlooking?
      Thanks for your feedback.

    • May 11, 2020 at 4:52 am #1249694
      Marc Verhaegen
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      Hi Ann, normally you can choose how the numbering performs in the option-menu of the Books-window. By default the numbering is continued on the next document. Check it out!

    • May 11, 2020 at 5:07 am #1249714
      Welton Carlos
      Member

      Hi Marc, Continue from previous document is already selected. Any thoughts?

    • May 11, 2020 at 5:29 am #1249724
      Welton Carlos
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      ‘Numbering is continued on the next document’ is not an option. Don’t see it anywhere.

    • May 11, 2020 at 5:49 am #1249754
      Marc Verhaegen
      Member

      Ann, I was wrong. That option is for the page numbering. You have to adjust an option in the paragraph style. Go to ‘Bullets and Numbering” and create a new list for that style. A popup window appears, there you can choose wether the numbering should continue on the next story and documents in a book.

    • May 11, 2020 at 6:01 am #1249764
      Welton Carlos
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      Just tried it, did not work. Damn, I’m already searching all day :-(
      Too bad I can not send screenshot.

    • May 11, 2020 at 6:23 am #1249784
      Marc Verhaegen
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      Don’t forget to update the numbering in the book-window.

    • May 11, 2020 at 6:31 am #1249804
      Welton Carlos
      Member

      Yesss almost there.
      My first document is a preface. From the second document the chapter numbering starts. But now it seems to start from the first document because chapter 2 is now ‘3’. You understand what I mean?

    • May 11, 2020 at 6:36 am #1249814
      Marc Verhaegen
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      You have to create another paragraph-style for the preface with a new defined list. Copy the title style and only create a new list like you did before.

    • May 11, 2020 at 6:55 am #1249824
      Welton Carlos
      Member

      The preface document does not need any chapter numbering.

    • May 11, 2020 at 7:47 am #1249844
      Welton Carlos
      Member

      SOLVED!! Thanks :-)

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