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Hi all,

I have just registered to the forum, so I hope I am not asking something that has already been discussed and that I haven't been able to find.

I am writing my Phd Thesis and I am setting all the styles I am going to use through the document. It is the first time I am using Nisus Writer Pro and I admit it is very easy to use and complete.

However I have a problem when creating numbered styles (For examples for tables, figures and, why not, for titles as well). I need all tables and figures be numbered also containing the number of the chapter they are in. So I won't have table 1 or table 2, but table 1.1, table 1.2 ... and then 2.1 and so on. When i use the style i created, however, it seems I need to have table 1 somewhere. If i skip to the second level of the nested numberd list, in fact, i obtain table 0.1, but i cannot find the way to get table 1.1. Of course i can create one style for each chapter, already having the number of the chapter in the label, but I am sure there is a way to solve my problem using just one style.

Thanks a lot for your attention!

Riccardo

Hello Riccardo

This is a cunning scheme you are thinking of -- using the auto-numbering as headers for tables and figures.

In fact, you need two separate numbering systems, because tables and figures each need to have their own number series.

A partial solution is really quite easy. You would use auto-numbering for one series, and manual numbering for the other. Obviously, for convenience, you would use auto-numbering for the most numerous item and manual numbering for the less numberous.

1) Use the "Headings" list for the most numerous series. You must have the chapter number in the chapter head, so format Level 1 to be the chapter head. Note that you can add the "Before" text "Chapter".

2) Format level 2 to be your table or figure head. Note that you can vary the Before text for this, so you can make it "Table" or "Figure".

Set these up as Paragraph Styles, set up whatever other Styles you want for your document.

I have a Paragraph Style called "Entry Text" which is set up with all the attributes I want for the final text (e.g. line spacing 1.2, space before paragraph 6 pts, whatever indent suits) except it is Verdana type, which is great on screen but hell to read at any length on paper.

I also have another Character Style called "Print Text" set with nothing except my preferred font for printing -- in my case Adobe Caslon (or Garamond, or another good serif font -- see my book pointed to in my signature!). When I am ready to print out my document, I click in a paragraph with "Entry Text" Paragraph Style, then go Menu bar > Format > Paragraph Style > Select All Style. This selects every paragraph in the document with that Style. Then I go Format > Character Style > Print Text and that changes the font to my printer font without affecting any of the paragraph settings or individually applied character stylings such as bold or italics.

Right -- when you have all your Paragraph Styles and Character Styles set up, save the document with the format Document Template (.doc) to Users/Documents/Nisus Documents and it will be available to you to use when you want it from the Document Manager.

Best of luck.

Cheers, Geoff

Geoffrey Heard, Business Writer & Publisher

"Type & Layout: Are you communicating or just making pretty shapes" -- Revealed! The secrets of how you can use type and layout to turbocharge your messages in print. See the book at http://www.worsleypress.com

Dear Geoffrey,

thanks a lot for your help!

Riccardo