Affinity Publisher - Numbered Sections and Numbered Paragraphs

[NiTOXide]

Hi all,

Thanks for taking the time to read this forum post. I am trying to get the hang of Affinity Publisher's multilevel lists to create numbered headings and numbered paragraphs (for procedures, contracts, etc.). I can do this in MS Word with multi-level lists and paragraph styles, where the system will automatically resume numbering, even with some plain body text breaking the list in between. 

I am hoping someone can guide me on how to recreate automatically numbered multilevel lists, like the example below, in Affinity Publisher. I am working on a tour-book for the general public so I want a nicer book design than our regular "ho-hum" internal MS-Word-based operational documents.

Thanks in advance.  

[Dan C]

Hi @NiTOXide,

I've setup a test document in Publisher which achieves this layout - I'd recommend inspecting the file and focusing on the Paragraph Studio, under the Bullets and Numbering section, as this is where you can customise your list to appear as above.

Multi-list.afpub

I hope this helps

[Old Bruce]

You could also try setting up a couple of Character Styles to apply to the My Numbered List Paragraph style. These would change the font size and weight.

set up a Plain Text Heading Paragraph style and then make a Numbered List Paragraph style based on that where the only change is the added Numbering and then apply the various Character Styles to the different levels to achieve the heavier and larger font sizes.

Aside: I did some graphics work for one of the schools out there (UBC) back in the previous millennium. I remember the gig because the EPS, of their crest, which they sent was huge.