Auto incrementing variable as a Text field

[Ward574]

Hello.

 

I'm using Publisher to generate electrical diagrams. I know there are better suited tools out there, but they are expensive, vertical leaning curves, inflexible, don't play nice with obsolete parts (not being in any symbol databases), etc.. I work for a company that deals with a lot of very old machinery which cannot/will not be replaced, only refurbished.

So I am labelling wires, parts, etc. It is tedious editing the text fields with an incrementing value. Can I get a text field variable that auto-increments by some value (usually 1) for every instance that appears in the page/section/document?

Then when I copy and paste an object which includes such a field, it will increment the last used value by 1?

 

[MikeTO]

There's already a feature to do this:

• Create a label formatted as a numbered paragraph with the global list settings (aka a running list) - refer to my manual for instructions but in summary, select Global, give the list a name, and set Restart Numbering to Manual Only.
• To create a new label with a higher number than all the previous ones, make a copy of the last label
• To create a new label with a number between two existing ones, make a copy of the number lower than the one you want to add - Publisher will 

It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

[Ward574]

That works..! 

Clunky as hell, but it does actually work. 

Thanks!

Can we consider this to be a feature request still, but using a custom variable / text field? 
 

[Ward574]

This is blowing my mind..

 

Thanks!