Chapter Numbering

[Jim Slade]

I have imported a 400 page book in multiple files from InDesign into Affinity.

In place of the Chapter number I have "§."  "Figure 10.2" looks like "§.2"   "Chapter 12" looks like "Chapter §."

How can I correct this?

 

[MikeTO]

Hi Jim, where is the chapter number and how is it inserted?

Check the Section Manager to see if the document uses sections and if the section names are set to §.

Affinity doesn't offer figure numbering so that might be plain text which you can simply edit, perhaps figure numbers are getting converted to that symbol?

[Jim Slade]

4 minutes ago, MikeTO said:

Hi Jim, where is the chapter number and how is it inserted?

Check the Section Manager to see if the document uses sections and if the section names are set to §.

Affinity doesn't offer figure numbering so that might be plain text which you can simply edit, perhaps figure numbers are getting converted to that symbol?

The chapter numbers was internal in Indesign and the IDML file. It was inserted as a special character in the paragraph style numbering.

Likewise the figures, tables, etc. are numbered through the paragraph style.

[walt.farrell]

8 minutes ago, MikeTO said:

Affinity doesn't offer figure numbering

You can accomplish that numbering via Paragraph Text Styles.

[walt.farrell]

3 minutes ago, Jim Slade said:

The chapter numbers was internal in Indesign and the IDML file. It was inserted as a special character in the paragraph style numbering.

It's done differently in Publisher. You provide a Global Name in the Paragraph Text Style, in the Bullets and Numbering section.

[Old Bruce]

14 hours ago, Jim Slade said:

In place of the Chapter number I have "§."  "Figure 10.2" looks like "§.2"   "Chapter 12" looks like "Chapter §."

That symbol "§" is maybe a placeholder for a Section/Or-Some-Other-Name Field which is an available field in InDesign but is missing in Publisher. It would be replaced by the Name or Number of the section. In Publisher there is no equivalent.

[Blenderik]

The § is how Affinity interprets Indesigns chapter numbers. Unfortunately it's a static character. You need to go into the Bullets and Numbering of the paragraph styles to make it dynamic.