Want to add Appendix (A, B, ...) to Heading 6 but it's not incrementing

[JUSTROB]

I have set up Heading 1 to be Chapter “x” and it works great to automatically add and increment Chapter and number when I add Heading 1 at the beginning of each chapter.

Now I’m at the end of this book and I’d like to add Appendix “x” where x = A, B, C… I have used Headings 1-5 and am trying to get Heading 6 to work the same way as Heading 1. I’m attaching screenshots of Heading 1’s chapter numbering and Heading 6’s chapter numbering.

I have Heading 6 so that when I add a Heading 6 paragraph it writes out Appendix A but it does not increment. Every Heading 6 paragraph says “Appendix A” and it’s not going to B, C, D…

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I’m also attaching my document here:
A Guide for Listening and Inner-Healing ODT.odt

[ajlittoz]

It does not increment because your heading structure is a real mess!

After a Heading 6 paragraph like “Apendice A”, you insert a Heading 2 one like “Plavras …” which brings you back to level 2. Next time you type a Heading 6, it starts a new level 6 after the latest higher-level heading, in this case Heading 3 “Palavras emocionais …” on the page with the gradient table.

Your confuguration will not work if you revert to levels 1-5 after a level 6.

Having alphabetical appendixes after numbered chapters is a bit tricky but not difficult. Search this site for complete solutions. I’ve already provided several, amongst these one is very extensive.

Basically, you have two solutions:

• split the Heading n family into two parts: 1-5 for numbered chapters, 6-10 for appendixes

  This means once you have begun styling with 6-10, never reuse 1-5 or you’ll experience your present mishap. This implies that formatting is made the same for 1+6, 2+7, 3+8, … Heading 6 is similar to Heading 1 for appendixes, as are Heading 7 and Heading 2, etc.

  This is a quick and dirty hack. But it has many inconveniences because it twists the real structure of the document

• create new paragraph styles known to the TOC machinery

  This requires to create a new list style (the appendix counter) to attach to new paragraph styles for the level 1+ of the appendix. This is more professional and more reliable but I’m afrais it is beyond your present reach. It is extensively explained in one of my answers but I have no time in the instant to search for it.

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[JUSTROB]

That did it!!!

I have to say I’m a little frightened because I’m starting to understand this.