Creating an Index based on Character Styles?

Question

Firstly, I need to get much better in InDesign. But, I am trying.

I have a product catalog. It's 300 pages.

There is a specific character style that has been created, and the 7,000 + part numbers are all within that character style. I am trying to generate an Index that I can paste into a Word document or Excel file that a client can use to check against their part database. That index needs to have:

Part Number - Page Number

The part numbers vary in complexity from a simple term like HB, all the way to TX-005-007-HB.

I understand that Indesign doesn't support a way to create a TOC using Character styles. So I thought that maybe an Index would work better, but I seem to have a handicap when it comes to these things.

Any insight would be extremely helpful.

All those part numbers are currently in a Character style only used by those part numbers.

Tuuluuwag · Accepted Answer

Jean-Claude,

Thank you for the post! I have tried it without success - but I can assume it's something I have done and not your instructions. I am still learning the GREP process, so this is all somewhat new to me.

I have attached an image of what I put into the query, but when i Execute the query in the GREP query manager, I get a new document with an empty text box. Any thoughts?

Thanks again

jctremblay · Answer

Hello!You can probably do it that way. Give it a try.1. Create a GREP find/change query using .+ plus the format of your character style2. Save that Query3. Use Peter Kahrel GREP Query Manager script to find your save GREP Query, BUT instead of doing a change, you enable  the [Collect Found Items] and [Add Page Numbers] options. This will produce a new InDesign document with your Products SKu and page numbers sorted.https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/grep_query_manager.html

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