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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSC828A012-51EB-4777-99EA-93E8198F4F4Da"><h4 class="topictitle4">Number a list from the previous or current story</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSC879C734-65FD-49d8-AEF4-1E8761AD4FF1a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Number a list from the previous or current document in a book</h4>
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a list and continuing a list:</p>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Restarting a numbered
list</dt>
<dd>Place the insertion point in the paragraph and choose Restart
Numbering from the context menu or choose Type&#160;&gt; Bulleted And
Numbered Lists&#160;&gt; Restart Numbering. In normal lists,
this command assigns the number 1 (or letter A) to a paragraph and
makes it the first paragraph in a list. In multi-level lists, this
command assigns the first lower-level number to a nested paragraph. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Continuing a numbered list</dt>
<dd>Choose Continue Numbering from the context menu or choose
Type&#160;&gt; Bulleted And Numbered Lists&#160;&gt; Continue
Numbering. This command resumes numbering a list that was interrupted
by commentary, graphics, or nested list items. InDesign also offers
commands for numbering lists that begin in one story or book and
cross into the next story or book.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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previous story or starts numbering anew in the current story depends
on how the list is defined. </p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose Type&#160;&gt; Bulleted And Numbered
Lists&#160;&gt; Define Lists.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select a list and click the Edit button.</span> <p>Don’t choose the Default list because it can’t run across
stories.</p>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select Continue Numbers Across Stories to resume numbering
the list from the previous story, or deselect this option to start
the list in the current story at 1 (or A).</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click OK twice.</span></li>
</ol>
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<div id="WSC879C734-65FD-49d8-AEF4-1E8761AD4FF1a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSC879C734-65FD-49d8-AEF4-1E8761AD4FF1a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Number a list from the previous or current document in a book</h3><div><div class="section"><p>Whether a list resumes numbering from the
previous document in a book or starts numbering anew in the current
document depends on how the list is defined. </p>
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<ol><li><span>Choose Type&#160;&gt; Bulleted And Numbered
Lists&#160;&gt; Define Lists.</span></li>
<li><span>Select a list and click the Edit button.</span></li>
<li><span>Select Continue Numbers From Previous Document In Book
to resume numbering the list from the previous document (you must
choose Continue Numbers Across Stories to activate this option),
or deselect this option to start the list in the current document
at 1 (or A).</span></li>
<li><span>Click OK twice.</span></li>
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