On 24 Aug 2020, at 19:59, Wolfgang Schuster
wrote: \setcounter[figure][5] % next figure is no.6
For this subfigure stuff, perhaps this is useful? % setup definitions \definecounter[subfigure][way=bytext,prefix=no] \setupcounter[subfigure][state=start,numberconversion=a] \setcounter[subfigure][1] \def\setsubfigures {\setcounter[subfigure][1] \incrementcounter[figure] \setupcaption[figure][state=stop,numberstopper={\convertedcounter[subfigure]}]} \def\unsetsubfigures {\setupcaption[figure][state=start,numberstopper=]} %usage \setsubfigures \startplacefigure[title=Test figure] \externalfigure[dummy] \stopplacefigure \incrementnumber[subfigure] \startplacefigure[title=Test another figure] \externalfigure[dummy] \stopplacefigure \unsetsubfigures I could not find a safe way to increment the subfigure number automatically, unfortunately. Best wishes, Taco