Getting zero as previous level in multilevel list (InDesign CS3)

Question

I have created three paragraph styles: "Título" as a first-level category, "SubTítulo" as the second-level category and "SubSubTítulo" as the third-level category.

"SubTítulo" is based on "Título", and "SubSubTítulo" is based on "SubTítulo". They all belong to a list called "Títulos".

While the second-level category works fine, the third-level one interprets the second-level category as non-existant I think.

Here's a screenshot of the problem:

And the third-level category configuration:

I want my list to look like:

2. Documentación

2.1 Conceptos básicos

2.1.1 Composición

2.1.2 Aplicación en el cómic

Instead of:

2. Documentación

2.1 Conceptos básicos

2.0.1 Composición

2.0.2 Aplicación en el cómic

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I'm not able to reproduce this problem in ID CS6 or CC based on your settings in the screenshot. Be sure that each of the level two and three list paragraph styles is "Based On" the style for the previous level, and that all of them point to the same named list.

If those settings are correct, then save the document as IDML (File>Save and choose the IDML file type) then create a new InDesign document from the saved IDML. This will clear out any internal errors that may have built up while you were editing the document. (For CS3 and below, File>Export to .INX and create the new INDD from the saved INX.)

If after all that, you still see the error, delete your InDesign preferences (hold down Ctl-Alt-Shift/Cmd-Opt-Shift while ID is starting) and see if that doesn't clear the problem.

And if after all of that it's still not right, send me the file ([email protected]) and I'll take a look at it.