Peculiar things happen with numbered lists in shapes

[Bo Hansson]

I've created an application that allows users to produce back inserts to CD
jewel cases.

My application lets the user build a single insert - a shape composed of a
number of other shapes,
one of which is a text frame. The actual text is created in a Word document
(sized for the
space available on the insert) and is then copied and pasted into the text
frame.

Before printing I use copy and paste to place two instances of the insert
shape on a single A4 sheet.
And at the moment of pasting, I run into trouble if the text frame contains
numbered lists. Word then continues
the numbering sequence in the second insert shape. However, if I choose to
print four (or more) inserts
(two or more A4 sheets), it restarts the numbering in the first insert of
each page.

I've tried a lot of ways to correct this, but failed so far. Hope for
anybodys help!


/BosseH

 

[Stephen English]

Hi Bo
Tricky! You may know this. If you click in a list number
line and go Format - Bullets and Numbering , there is a
setting to say Restart numbering. However, it won't start
in the first line of the second text box because I can
reproduce your problem.

The solution I have found is to use a table instead of
text boxes - a three row by one column and make the
borders invisible on the left of the middle row and you
probably have same result.

In a table after copying top cell to bottom cell, you can
reset numbering
HTH
Stephen

 

[Bo Hansson]

Sorry Stephen, but I'm yet not ready to abandom text boxes in favour of
tables. The reason for allowing users to create the text section in a Word
document (then copied to a text frame) is that I want the users to have as
many formatting facilities as possible, out of which numbered lists is one.

I've now come a bit further on the way to a possible solution. But to
complete my idea, I need to be able to determine if a certain list line is
part of a numbered list or a bullet list.
Is there a way to do that ?

/BosseH

 

[Bo Hansson]

After much struggle and research I've finally found a way to handle my
problem.

/BosseH