Hello Michel

this is what i would like to achieve: with crossrefernces

que reicae ma estius et et fugit (fig. 2.1) voluptassus

my figure title reads as follows Figure 2.1 this is an example of text description.

if iI use the cross reference “paragraph number” I get the following

que reicae ma estius et et fugit (Figure 2.1) voluptassus

1- I created a para style
2- I created an invisible Font
3- in the para style Grep tab I included
Grep code: Fig\.\KFigure
Char style: invisible
4- I created a Cross reference format
the definition is as follows
Fig.<paraNum />

what I get when I create my cross reference is
Fig. (2 spaces no references to the figure number

que reicae ma estius et et fugit (Fig. ) voluptassus

What am I doing wrong

Flavio

David instead of using a tab delimiter how about and indent to here mac indesign shortcut “cmd\”

Just tried it and it works wonderfully

YAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

this reduces my styles from 3 different styles to just 1

imagine 3 styles for Figure number, 3 for Tables, 3 For Examples , 3 for Problems

That’s 4 styles instead of 12…….

Thank you very much for the help
I am totally new with scripting
no idea on how to create or save scripts
I know how to import a script into InDesign
but: How do I save the script that Michel has so graciously provided

I can copy from . /* upto and include the last}

paste into what an editor (in my case TextEdit)
and then what?

Flavio

The tip center on the longest line does not suit what I need. nice tip I can use that in another part of the book

I have a figure text box that is 2.5″ wide or 5″
what I need to do is center the text in this text box
no problem for that all I have to do is set the center option.
but if the the text line is too long the second line will flow and also be centered.
what I would like is that the second and all other lines line up with the first word in the figure description
it would be very useful
many figures in this book that I am working on

Again thank you for the help

Michel
non aucun reponse je sais qu’il y’a des problèmes avec le nouveau site

Hello Michel
looks like the thread is all gone?
I guess growing pains during the merge with CreativePro

Hanging indent centered the second line is offset
Whereas hanging indent on justified left lines up
2 images found here
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tf1mrkponbkf9q7/AAC1S_JSpyskun7RWYht4dO6a?dl=0

I have a figure that spans on 5 pages.
I am using auto numbering so if i insert a figure the figure numbers increment
I have to number the figure which is no problem for the first page.
the problem is the other 4 pages the figure number will increment.
is there a way that I can keep the same figure number without breaking the number sequence?

example: I would like to see this

previous figure is numbered Figure 7-3
Page 1 Figure 7-4 Name of the figure part (a)
Page 2 Figure 7-4 Name of the figure part (b)
Page 3 Figure 7-4 Name of the figure part (c)
Page 4 Figure 7-4 Name of the figure part (d)
Page 5 Figure 7-4 Name of the figure part (e)
the next figure is numbered Figure 7-5

thank you