Add index entries – Adobe InDesign User Manual
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Edit an index topic
Use the Index panel to edit entries before or after you generate an index. Changes you make to your entries in the Index panel will appear in the
next index that you generate, but changes that you make to the generated index story will be lost when you regenerate the index.
1. Open a document containing the index topics.
2. In the Index panel, select Topic.
3. In the preview area, double-click a topic to edit.
4. Edit the topic as desired, and then click OK.
Add index entries
You create index entries using the Index panel in Reference mode. An index entry consists of two parts: a topic and a reference. Topics can be
defined ahead of time using a topic list. References can be page numbers or cross-references to other topics.
Index panel in Reference mode
A. Entry B. Subentry C. Page reference D. Cross-reference
An index marker is inserted at the beginning of the word in which text is selected or at the insertion point. You can view index markers by choosing
Type > Show Hidden Characters.
Add an index entry
1. Using the Type tool
, place the insertion point where you want the index marker to appear, or select text in the document to use as the
basis for an index reference.
When selected text contains inline graphics or special characters, some characters (such as index markers and inline graphics) are stripped
out in the Topic Level box. Other characters, such as em dashes and copyright symbols, are converted to metacharacters (for example, ^_
or ^2).
2. Choose Window > Type & Tables > Index to display the Index panel.
3. Select Reference.
If entries added to the Topic list do not appear in the Reference, choose Show Unused Topics from the Index panel menu. You can then
use those topics when adding entries.
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