User-defined Counter Creation

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Ga Bowen
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User-defined Counter Creation

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I seem to be having problems creating a user-defined counter.

I create this:

http://i.imgur.com/5AjPx8k.png
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And get this when I Publish to pdf:

http://i.imgur.com/5AjPx8k.png
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I know I'm doing something wrong, just not sure what!
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Re: User-defined Counter Creation

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It looks as though you assumed that entering the variable name in the image caption is the definition. You need to define it in Configuration > Common Properties > Text Variables and set the starting value (usually 0 if you want to start with 1).
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Ga Bowen
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Re: User-defined Counter Creation

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I knew it was something obvious.

Thanks, Tim.
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