: Indesign running-header character style doesnt work if characters are the number in a list I have a list [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] and in the paragraph style is set that the number [1, 2, 3, 4...]
I have a list [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] and in the paragraph style is set that the number [1, 2, 3, 4...] is of character style A. Now I set a variable for the character style A and it doesn't show up the number as expected. If I set some text with the character style A it works as expected.
The problem is only when the character style is in a list number....
I've found:
"The Running Header (Character Style)" variable will only find a
character style that has been applied manually or is part of a
standard nested style. It will not detect character styles that are
part of a nested line style, GREP style, or any character style used
to style the numbers in a numbered list."
Anyway to workaround this issue?
The objective of all of this is the following:
Each chapter has a letter and each chapter has various sub-chapters, that I think are named sections, which looks like this G1, where the G is the chapter and 1 is the section...
Then there are the pages that starts at each section so: G1 1, G1 2, G1 3, G2 1, G2 2...
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I've encountered the exact same problem, and have two solutions.
Solution 1
Follow this tutorial, which has a workaround based on cross-references. luckylion.de/vasco/tutorials/indesign_beyond_the_thesis/running_headline_numbering.php
A bit of work though, as you manually have to add cross-references for each subtitle.
Solution 2
Apply "Convert Numbering to Text" to everything when the document is finished. If you have a character style applied to your list numbers, this will make InDesign recognize it. The numbers in the list will, of course, no longer update atomatically if you add more later.
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