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DejanDjokovic
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June 7, 2020
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Indesign build a index base on the character styles

  • June 7, 2020
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I building a product catalogue with over 2000 products. Product code is with text block and product code has a different Character style. 

 

Now I need to build an index of app product codes with page references. 

 

Its there are why to make index automatically? 

 

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    Correct answer Barb Binder

    I agree with Steve.

     

    You could do this as a Table of Contents (in chronological order or in alphabetical order) if InDesign suupported pulling character styles into a TOC. It does not. 

     

    Here is a feature request because you are not alone in asking for it. The more votes a request gets, the more it gets the attention of the InDesign engineering team. This won't solve your issue today, but voting may have an impact on a future release.

    https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/20474899-table-of-contents-created-with-character-style

     

    ~Barb

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    FRIdNGE
    FRIdNGE
    June 7, 2020

    Fortunately, Peter Kahrel was interested by this question 8 years ago!
    Between us, I'm still amazed that some Adobe experts can ignore this kind of frankly basic stuff so many years later!

     

    https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/index_charstyles.html

     

    You will just need "1 click" today!  😉

     

    (^/)  The Jedi

      FRIdNGE
      FRIdNGE
      June 21, 2020

      Thanks to the readers of this thread to note that I totally disagree with this "correct" answer without any real relevance to the question asked!

       

      (^/)  The Jedi

      Barb Binder
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      Barb BinderCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      June 7, 2020

      I agree with Steve.

       

      You could do this as a Table of Contents (in chronological order or in alphabetical order) if InDesign suupported pulling character styles into a TOC. It does not. 

       

      Here is a feature request because you are not alone in asking for it. The more votes a request gets, the more it gets the attention of the InDesign engineering team. This won't solve your issue today, but voting may have an impact on a future release.

      https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601021-adobe-indesign-feature-requests/suggestions/20474899-table-of-contents-created-with-character-style

       

      ~Barb

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
      Steve Werner
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      Steve WernerCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 7, 2020

      Probably only if you write or someone else writes a script.

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