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Hi,

I am using AP 2.4.0 to produce a structured presentation.

How can I define a style that would be automatically numbered throughout the document to number the parts of the presentation?

For instance, I would like:

  • Page 1 to have something like I. [Name of the first part]
  • Page 48 has something like II. [Name of the second part]

I have tried generating the following styles, but all the headings are preceded by I. instead of I., II., III. etc.

Thank you!

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12 minutes ago, LEB said:

For instance, I would like:

  • Page 1 to have something like I. [Name of the first part]
  • Page 48 has something like II. [Name of the second part]

Make two Paragraph styles. First one would have [Name of the first part] typed into the Texte: field before the \# . Also choose 1,2,3 instead of I,II,III in the numbering.

Or are you just wanting no numbers but the Names to automatically increase? I don't know of any easy way to achieve that.

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Since "Recommencer la numérotation" is set to "Aucune modification", it inherits the settings of the style upon which your style is based. You should check this or select the option you want to be used there (probably "Sous le niveau actif").  

 

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4 hours ago, Old Bruce said:

Make two Paragraph styles. First one would have [Name of the first part] typed into the Texte: field before the \# . Also choose 1,2,3 instead of I,II,III in the numbering.

Or are you just wanting no numbers but the Names to automatically increase? I don't know of any easy way to achieve that.

I wonder if my question was clear:

For example, I would like to have:

I. Introduction

II. Development

III. Conclusion

IV. Perspectives

Except that I would like the numbering to be global, as these titles are in different slides.

I am typing the text myself, I am just looking for a way to get this automatic numbering.

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4 hours ago, Oufti said:

Since "Recommencer la numérotation" is set to "Aucune modification", it inherits the settings of the style upon which your style is based. You should check this or select the option you want to be used there (probably "Sous le niveau actif").  

 

I have tried the different settings and none works as I would like, the numbering remains "I.".

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OK, I have found the answer.

The changes made to the style were not automatically applied to the texts under this style (?). I had to reapply the style to each of the existing part names, and the numbering is now correct.

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9 minutes ago, LEB said:

The changes made to the style were not automatically applied to the texts under this style (?).

That could mean that the text style was not applied to that text previously, but we would need to see the file in its earlier state to be sure.

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16 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

That could mean that the text style was not applied to that text previously, but we would need to see the file in its earlier state to be sure.

Surprisingly, I am sure it was.

So I tried a MWE:

  • Create a new document
  • Create a second page
  • Create a box in each page
  • In box 1, typed Introduction, in box 2 Development
  • Created the style Numbered
  • Applied to both boxes
  • Checked that both texts have the Numbered style
  • Then modified the Numbered style by:
    • Setting numbering style to I, II, III (the others lead to the same issue)
    • Setting the numbering to global
    • Naming the list "Part"
    • Setting Restart numbering to Under the active style [FR: Sous le niveau actif]
  • And… the numbering does not work has expected, instead of leading to "I. Introduction", "II. Development", I have: "I. Introduction", "I. Development"

I guess this is not the expected behavior.

Edit: Added the missing step (Naming the list "Part")

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Hi, this is fairly easy to do and I provided an example of it the other day here:

You can find the instructions for how to do it on page 105 of the free Publisher manual I've shared in this forum - the link is in my signature below. Look for the steps titled "To create a named list for global numbering". There is a trick to it but once you have it figured out it should do what you need.

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Hi @MikeTO, I agree.

But meanwhile, I think I have found an issue in AP 2.4.0.

i would be interested to hear from users who would try to repeat the steps indicated in the last message you replied to. 

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Hi @MikeTO, I confirm it does.

But there is still bug.

If you reproduce the steps indicated here:

11 hours ago, LEB said:

 

Surprisingly, I am sure it was.

So I tried a MWE:

  • Create a new document
  • Create a second page
  • Create a box in each page
  • In box 1, typed Introduction, in box 2 Development
  • Created the style Numbered
  • Applied to both boxes
  • Checked that both texts have the Numbered style
  • Then modified the Numbered style by:
    • Setting numbering style to I, II, III (the others lead to the same issue)
    • Setting the numbering to global
    • Setting Restart numbering to Under the active style [FR: Sous le niveau actif]
  • And… the numbering does not work has expected, instead of leading to "I. Introduction", "II. Development", I have: "I. Introduction", "I. Development"

I guess this is not the expected behavior.

 

I expect you will find the same.

To be clearer, I am going to create a new message in the found bugs section.

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4 hours ago, LEB said:

Hi @MikeTO, I confirm it does.

But there is still bug.

If you reproduce the steps indicated here:

I expect you will find the same.

To be clearer, I am going to create a new message in the found bugs section.

Hi, I tried your steps and it worked fine for me. Did you select the Restart Numbering Now checkbox by mistake?

Could you share a test document for review?

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