Counter Properties dialog box

To display the Counter Properties dialog box select Add Counter on the Quick Tools Panel or select a text/rich text object in your design and click the Insert button and select Counter on the menu on the Text/Rich Text tab in the The Property Editor.

Allows you to the specify the properties of a counter. Counters display an incrementing number that varies for each element. Each time a counter prints it increases by the number specified after Increment. For example, if the Minimum number of digits is 5 and the Starting number is 10 and Increment is 5, the first element will print 00010 and the second 00015, etc. You can specify a negative Increment value to make the counter decrement.

Minimum number of digits

Enter the minimum number of digits for the counter.

Starting number

Enter the starting number for the counter.

Increment

Enter the number to increment the counter by.

Use Rich Text checkbox

Check this to insert a counter as a Rich Text object instead of a Plain Text object.