Adobe InDesign CS3 User Manual
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INDESIGN CS3
User Guide
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An index marker is inserted at the beginning of the word in which text is selected or the insertion point appears. You
can view index markers by choosing Type > Show Hidden Characters.
See also
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.
4
To view index entries from any open documents in a book file, select Book.
5
Choose New Page Reference in the Index panel menu. (If this command does not appear, make sure Reference is
selected and that there is an insertion point or text selection in the document.)
6
To add text to the Topic Levels box, do any of the following:
•
To create a simple index entry (such as cats), type the entry in the first Topic Levels box. (If text was selected, that
text appears in the Topic Levels box.)
•
To create entries and subentries, type the parent name (for this example, animals) in the first Topic Levels box, and
type subentries (cats and Calicos) in subsequent boxes. If necessary, click the up and down arrows to change places
with the item above or below the selected item.
Index entry in the Topic Levels box (left) and resulting appearance in the Index (right)
•
Double-click any topic in the list box at the bottom of the dialog box.
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To change the way an entry is sorted in the final index, use the Sort By boxes. For example, to sort the topic de la
Vega under V (instead of D), you would type Vega in the Sort By box and de la Vega in the Topic Level box.
You can also select the sort order of numbers, symbols, and languages. (See “Change the sort order of indexes” on
page 295.)
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Specify the type of index entry:
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To create index entries that have a page number or range (such as cats 82–87), choose an option that describes the
span of the entry in the Type pop-up menu. (See “Page range options in indexes” on page 291.)
A
animals
bears 9
cats
Calicos 19
bears
Black
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