autonumbering en · NOUN
Etymology
From auto- + numbering.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Automatic numbering.
Luckily for us, that's where FrameMaker's autonumbering feature comes in. In documents, autonumbering does just what its name implies: It automatically numbers your paragraphs so you don't have to.
2001, Lisa Jahred, FrameMaker 6: Beyond the Basics, page 40: