Masood, sort of… this is the technique I’ve always used:

– I create a paragraph style ‘x’ with a list type of numbers, and then in the ‘number’ field under ‘numbering style’ I type the desired text before the grep code (e.g. “Item Number ^#”).

– I create a text frame on the master page ‘a’ containing just a carriage return (i.e. it’s empty)

– I apply paragraph style ‘x’ to the text field on all pages that have master page ‘a’ applied.

This seems fairly similar to your technique… at any rate it seems there is nothing more elegant available within the limitations of InDesign. (These techniques just work if the text in the numbered list remains static).

Thanks

Nevermind, found it already. The option only stays checked when the the style is saved, rather than just hitting OK.

Thank you for your response. I will give this a try.