Use sequential paragraph numbering in books – Adobe InDesign CC 2015 User Manual
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For numbered paragraphs (such as lists of figures), numbering is determined by the numbered list style definition
contained by the paragraph style.
The page range appears beside each document name in the Book panel. By default, InDesign updates page and section
numbering in the Book panel when you add or remove pages in booked documents, or when you make changes to the
book file, such as reordering, adding, or removing documents. If you turn off the setting to automatically update page
and section numbers, you can update numbering in a book manually.
If the book is updated and the numbering seems incorrect, the problem may be that absolute numbers are displayed
instead of section numbers in General preferences. See
If a document is missing or cannot be opened, the page range is shown as “?” from the place where the missing
document should be to the end of the book, indicating that the true page range is unknown. Remove or replace the
missing document before you update numbering. If the In Use icon
appears, someone using a different computer has
opened the document in a managed workflow; the person must close the document before you can update numbering.
Change page and chapter numbering options for each document
1
Select the document in the Book panel.
2
Choose Document Numbering Options in the Book panel menu, or double-click the document’s page numbers in
the Book panel.
3
Specify the page, section, and chapter numbering options. (See
.)
4
Click OK.
Note: If you specify a starting page number in a booked document instead of selecting Automatic Page Numbering, the
booked document will begin on the specified page; all subsequent documents in the book will be renumbered accordingly.
Start numbering on an odd or even page
You can start document numbering on odd- or even-numbered pages in booked documents.
1
Choose Book Page Numbering Options in the Book panel menu.
2
Choose Continue On Next Odd Page or Continue On Next Even Page.
3
Select Insert Blank Page to add a blank page to the end of any document in which the subsequent document must
begin on an odd- or even-numbered page, and then click OK.
Turn off automatic page numbering in a book
1
Choose Book Page Numbering Options from the Book panel menu.
2
Deselect Automatically Update Page & Section Numbers, and then click OK.
3
To update page numbering manually, choose Update Numbering > Update All Numbers in the Book panel menu.
You can also update only page and section numbers or only chapter and paragraph numbers.
Use sequential paragraph numbering in books
To use sequential paragraph numbering for lists of figures, tables, or other items, you first define a numbered list that
is used in a paragraph style. The numbered list you define determines whether paragraph numbering maintains
sequential numbering across documents in a book.
1
Open the document that is used as the style source for the book.
2
Choose Type > Bulleted And Numbered Lists > Define Lists.
3
Click New to define a list or select an existing list and choose Edit.