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I'm creating a new section in an existing HTML5 project that I also need to output to PDF with numbered headings.

The problem I have is that there is only one topic so far, apart from front matter topics, which has a first heading 1 of "2. Introduction". This should obviously be "1. Introduction".

I have 4 topics altogether set out in the TOC as shown below:
- Cover page
- Version page
- TOC page
- First topic page.

There are no other heading 1s in any of the other front matter topics.

Can anybody point me in the direction of where I should be looking to correct this?

Thanks,
Ken

You need to set a chapter break on the TOC entry for your Introduction topic and set its autonumber to Reset so that it begins at 1. (Or something like that; I'm going on memory. I know I've got you in the right area.)

Nita Beck wrote:You need to set a chapter break on the TOC entry for your Introduction topic and set its autonumber to Reset so that it begins at 1. (Or something like that; I'm going on memory. I know I've got you in the right area.)

Nita's right on!

In your TOC, right-click on the entry, and then select Properties. On the Properties window, click the Auto-numbers tab. That'll give you the boxes you need to reset the numbers:

Thanks Nita and Matty for your replies.

This was driving me nuts because I had the TOC setup as you describe above with a chapter break on the first topic page and 1 in the Reset to: field.

However, I had inadvertently selected the Increment number option and not the Reset to option in the Chapter Number section.

Very grateful for your help.

Cheers,
Ken