stevepc

Thanks Pšenda.

I may be missing something obvious here, but I find I cannot select a grouped object in Designer 2.4 on Windows 10. When I click on it (with the move tool) an individual component within the group is selected rather than the whole grouped object. I have been working around it for a while now (using a lasso to collect all the parts), but it is really getting in the way of my workflow. This happens even if I promote the group to a layer, or convert the group to a symbol. I have attached an example file where I am attempting to create an array of nine arrows. Is this a setting issue, or am I doing something wrong? Arrow array.afdesign

Thanks Mike. First of all (and in danger of going off topic), I found your manual to be a fantastic help. I was struggling to get a clear and straight forward account of how things are done in Publisher. Great stuff. Although I don't quite yet fully grasp what global lists are, I can see that I could figure it out from what you have supplied and get my captions to display as desired. So thanks for that also. I can see from your description of the Books panel that Publisher is not yet sufficiently mature for my purposes (as I have long books with many chapters). But that's OK. I will keep on eye on further releases to see if more useful features are provided and switch over when that happens. It is now not a question of whether I will switch from InDesign to Publisher, but when. I have already switched over to Designer and Photo. Your manual helped me get to a decision much quicker than my trial and error method. Many thanks to everyone for their help.😀

I thought about Hangman's idea of using <Section Name> as I could readily call my <Section Name> the number of the chapter. But I cannot see any way of successfully inserting <Section Name> into the Text field under bullets and numbering, ie it doesn't treat it as a variable, just as text. If I did what Hangman (helpfully) illustrates above, then I cannot get 'Figure' <Section Name> '-' /# 'illustration name' into the correct order (ie to produce Figure 7-3. Model of Mind).

Thanks Walt. It's not quite as simple as that because if I use the Bullet and Numbering Text field (so as to gain the basic numbering), every time I sync my document styles across the book (as I use a different document for each chapter), the chapter number will be overwritten. Obviously, I could manually type the caption for each illustration and table, but if I move an illustration or insert a chapter, then I will have to keep checking the captions to see if nothing has got out of order. It could develop into a proofing nightmare.

Thanks for confirming. That's a pity as was planning to transfer three books with over 150 illustrations and tables between them. I really did want to leave InDesign.

Sorry. That was daft of me. I meant Publisher.

I am new to Publisher (I am using v2.4) having used InDesign for years. I want to recreate a caption for illustrations that contain the chapter number, ie Figure 3.6 for the sixth illustration in chapter 3. See image for how it is done in InDesign, with two examples at the top of the image. However, I cannot see a way to do it in Designer. I have searched for any references to 'chapter number' and cannot find any. Is it possible in Designer? Many thanks for any help.