Numbering

iThoughts can be configured to ‘auto number’ your topics - for example:

Enabling Numbering:

Numbering is applied to a SINGLE topic. The numbering will then either start at that topic or start with that topic’s children. There are some pre-defined numbering options you can choose - or you can create your own custom numbering scheme - see the section below:

To apply the numbering, see the screenshots below for iOS, Mac, Windows

Custom Numbering:

The style of numbering is highly customisable and defined using a simple ‘syntax’. In the example above, the format (set on the root topic) is 0:^nn^.nn^…^

The definition of this syntax is as follows (optional bits are enclosed with [ ]):

[0:][prefix]^xx^[xx]^[…]^[suffix]

• 0: = the numbering should start on the current topic - otherwise numbering starts on the immediate children.

• prefix = text that appears at the start of every number (usually a bracket)

• ^ = separator between levels

• xx = number format for a level - as follows:

  • nn = number

  • aa = lowercase letter (a, b, c …)

  • AA = uppercase letter (A, B, C …)

  • ii = lowercase roman numeral (i, ii, iii, iv …)

  • II - uppercase roman numeral (I, II, III, IV …)

• … = the last number should be repeated for all subsequent levels

• suffix = text that appears at the end of every number (usually a bracket - but could be a colon, a space or even \n for a carriage return)

In addition:

• Each xx entry can have text either side of it to create separators.

• When two ^ are present it will result in the parent number being omitted from the children (effectively restarting the numbering.)

Some examples, to demonstrate what’s possible (format in red):