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• • May 12, 2016 at 3:43 am #84853
    Harald Skogland

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    Hi,

    I’m trying to control the order of numbering of lists in Indesign. I can’t seem to set the order because my elements have not been created in the same sequence as they are displayed going downwards on the page.. I’m working with forms so I want to keep all my elements in separate boxes. I’ve figured out multi-level lists, and have created 2 paragraphs for each multi-level list for each of my chapters. So I have paragraph: ‘multi list’ – for number: 1 , and paragraph ‘multi list 2’ for number: ‘1.1.-1.x’. And additional paragraph sets for chapter 2, 3 and so on. I’ve not bothered with character style because it didn’t seem necessary. (?) I wish that the numbering was set by layer order, or a separate order list. Can anyone please help me and explain how I can get the numbering in any order I’d like?

    Appreciate any comments, best regards, Harald.

  • May 12, 2016 at 3:44 am #84854
    Harald Skogland

    Member

    I’d add a screenshot but I can’t see how I upload those..

  • May 12, 2016 at 3:51 am #84855
    Harald Skogland

    Member

    Basically I have 1.1. , 1.2. , 1.3 and then suddenly 1.5, 1.7 and 1.4. Because they follow the order of creation and not the order on the page from top to bottom..

  • May 12, 2016 at 6:23 am #84859
    David Blatner

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    This might help: https://creativepro.com/arranging-numbered-lists-separate-frames.php

  • May 13, 2016 at 12:54 am #84884
    Harald Skogland

    Member

    ahh, sweet! That really fixed my problem! I had to cut and paste back in place.. wow. I thought I read up on all the numbered list articles but didn’t see this one. Thanks a lot Mr. Blatner, I appreciate it.

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