Can I show the value of a “Number range” variable without incrementing it?
Essentially, I want to emulate chapter numbering, except:
A) I want the number displayed on the right side, which is apparently impossible to insert as a field without Chapter Numbering > Number turned on, which displays on the left, and
B) I want numbering on outline level 2 to be continuous.
I’m writing a comic book script, which describes “pages” of the comic for the artist to draw. These are not page numbers in the document. It might take multiple document pages to describe a comic page.
I want numbering like this:
- Chapter 1
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- Page 1
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- Panel 1.1
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- Panel 1.2
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- Page 2
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- Panel 2.1
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- Panel 2.2
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- Chapter 2
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- Page 3
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- Panel 3.1
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- Panel 3.2
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Etc.
This doesn’t seem to work with regular outline numbering
I managed to get the page and panel numbers working using Insert > Field > More Fields > Variables > Number range. ComicPageNum has NumberingByChapter=None. ComicPanelNum has NumberingByChapter=2.
I just can’t refer to the last one without incrementing it. So I can’t say ”Panel 1.1” and keep it in sync if I copy and paste from Page 1 to Page 3.