List numbers reset when continued in another cell of a table

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BjoernThiele
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List numbers reset when continued in another cell of a table

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Hi I am creating a guide with a set of instructions that come as a outline numbered list.
like:
a. compose XY
i. step 1
1. do a
2. do b
ii. step 2
1. do c
2. do b again

to tweak screenshots into the layout (text left, screenshots right), I copied that list and the images into a table (better Ideas for this welcome, too :-) ).
I learned that the list won't automatically continue its numbering from one cell to another. Yesterday I somehow managed to work around that using the "Start at" option in the "outline numbered" tab in "Bullets and Numbering" options. Today I continued the very same project and it won't work. I set a fraction of my list to start with the right number and at first it shows correctly. After I save, go to another topic and then back, everything is reset to start from 1. The same if I just try to export my project to pdf.
Is this a bug or is it me?
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Re: List numbers reset when continued in another cell of a table

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Hi Bjoern,

You cannot have lists going across the borders of table cells. Each table cell is an independent document and lists can only work inside the same cell.
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BjoernThiele
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Re: List numbers reset when continued in another cell of a table

Unread post by BjoernThiele »

Hi Tim,
I understand that a list cannot automatically be continued from one table cell to the next. But when my first cell has items 1-4 and I tell H+M to start a new list in the next cell and that this new list should start counting from 5, I suppose that should work. The weirdest thing is: That did work yesterday but not today. I'll send you a demo project for the image number issue anyway, so you can check for both.
best regards
Björn
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