Hierarchical Numbering -- How to display entire number?

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For my highest level, I am using the <$W> numbering scheme, to produce chapter numbering as “PART ONE,” “PART TWO,” etc. For the second and subsequent levels I am using the <$aon> numbering scheme, because I want my sections and sub-sections, etc., to have the Harvard outline numbers before their titles. This is working in one sense, but not another.

What I am getting for those is:

a.
b.
3.
a.
i.

What I want is:

2.a.
2.b.
3.
3.a.
3.a.i.

In the “List of All Placeholders,” the explanation of <$aon> claims that it will produce the result I want. But that’s not what I am getting. Is there some other setting somewhere that is truncating the numbers?

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Is your binder’s structure set properly ?
With files nested, and nested in the right places ?

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And perhaps I might as well add:

I don’t personally use those as I rather write novels, but for the few occasions where I used it to number sub-chapter divisions, I did so manually, using strings.
So that to say that if it refuses to work with everything set right, that could be a solution.

You use a string of <$n> (or <$W>) for the main numbering, and a different string for sub numbers that you reset in the layout of the main sections. (In your case likely just <$l> will do, for the subchapters, as it is already a string of its own.)

Chapter <$n:main> <$rst_l>
–Sub-chapter <$n#main> <$l>
–Sub-chapter <$n#main> <$l>
Chapter <$n:main> <$rst_l>
–Sub-chapter <$n#main> <$l>
–Sub-chapter <$n#main> <$l>

→ Note the different $n: vs $n#

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Compiled using this time <$W>
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. . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART → <$W:part>
Chapter → <$W#part>.<$n:main> <$rst_l>
–Sub-chapter → <$W#part>.<$n#main>.<$l>
–Sub-chapter → <$W#part>.<$n#main>.<$l>
Chapter → <$W#part>.<$n:main> <$rst_l>
–Sub-chapter → <$W#part>.<$n#main>.<$l>
–Sub-chapter → <$W#part>.<$n#main>.<$l>
PART → <$W:part> <$rst><$n:main>
Chapter → <$W#part>.<$n:main> <$rst_l>
–Sub-chapter → <$W#part>.<$n#main>.<$l>
–Sub-chapter → <$W#part>.<$n#main>.<$l>

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(Lucky you, you are on a Mac, because the reset of a string doesn’t seem to currently work under Windows. I had to tweak that above screenshot afterwards (for the $n:main value of Part TWO).)

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Or perhaps <$sl> –lowercase L, not uppercase i – (what would be the equivalent of <$sn>, but unlisted in the placeholders list) would work too. (?) ← I haven’t tried it. I’m not even sure it’ll be recognized.
In which case perhaps it’d even force you to use “l” for both. Which is no better.

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Thank you! This has done the trick.

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