Paragraph Numbers

[Mwng]

Hi all, 

Apologies if this has been asked before. I've looked through the forum and haven't found the solution but please let me know if this has already been posted somewhere. 

I am trying to create paragraph numbers in Affinity Publisher but am struggling to get the numbering how I want it. I am creating a document with sections (eg. 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, etc). The paragraph numbers in Section 1.0 need to be 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 etc. Then paragraphs in Section 2 are 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and so on. 

I have managed to get Publisher to do either 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, etc or 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 but cannot for the life of me figure out how to format the numbers as above. 

If anyone can help with this it would be very much appreciated! 

Thank you, 

TK

[Komatös]

Hi @Mwng and welcome to the forums.

You must create a text style for each level.

There are already three ready-made styles in the text styles that show level hierarchy.

  

[MikeTO]

3 hours ago, Mwng said:

Apologies if this has been asked before. I've looked through the forum and haven't found the solution but please let me know if this has already been posted somewhere. 

I am trying to create paragraph numbers in Affinity Publisher but am struggling to get the numbering how I want it. I am creating a document with sections (eg. 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, etc). The paragraph numbers in Section 1.0 need to be 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 etc. Then paragraphs in Section 2 are 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and so on. 

I have managed to get Publisher to do either 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, etc or 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 but cannot for the life of me figure out how to format the numbers as above. 

If anyone can help with this it would be very much appreciated! 

This is a complicated thing to do. You can use the default styles as Komatös suggested or you can create your own. 

I wrote instructions for how to do this in the Bullets and Numbering section of the free manual I wrote for Publisher. It's on page 92 of the current 2.3 edition, the link to it is in my signature below. If you create your own styles, I recommend reading the whole page and not jumping directly to "To create a multi-level (hierarchical) list". The trick with creating your own numbered paragraphs is to use the Context Bar buttons or menu commands to start the list rather than changing the list type from No List to 1, 2, 3 - this saves some steps and avoids confusion.

[Mwng]

Hi MikeTO and Komatös, 

Thank you so much for replying to this and MikeTO for pointing me to the guide book. This is super helpful and I will definitely keep it to hand as I learn Publisher. 

I have read through the numbering section and looked at Komatös' screenshots but am unfortunately still struggling. I am an absolute newbie to Publisher so it could be that I am not quite there yet on the terminology and settings or have maybe entered a field wrong. Hopefully in time I'll catch up! 

This is how my numbering fields currently look but I am still getting 0.1, 0.2 etc rather than 1.1, 1.2, etc. 

Thank you again, it's very much appreciated. 

[MikeTO]

I believe those are level 1 paragraphs and there is no parent level to inherit from.

Here's a quick test document that might help you out. Checkout the settings in this and compare it to your own.

Cheers

numbered.afpub

[Mwng]

Thank you for the test document! I've had a fiddle around and found a fix that works for the time being. Ultimately I need the parent level to be a chapter heading numbered 1.0 and then body paragraphs in a separate text box that are numbered 1.1, 1.2 etc. I don't have enough time at the minute to learn Publisher in more detail for the current document I'm working on, but using your test doc I've figured out something that I can work with. Thank you again for your help!