index problem

Question

Posting on the scripting forum because InDesign CS4 doesn't seem to be able to do this out of the box.

Need to have an index with listings, for example:

ANIMALS

cats 3

dogs 6

penguins 4

see also zebras

The problem is with the 'see also' listing. InDesign keeps putting it in the wrong place, and doesn't seem to be able to add it as a level 2 index entry.

Can any of you gurus suggest a workaround?

Peter Kahrel · Accepted Answer

Sorry Jay, that should have been this (forgot about the z):

^z(_see( also)?_.+?)[\s\d]+$

To add italics to _see_ and _see also_, do this:

Find what: _([^_]+)_

Change to: $1

(and set italics in the "Change format" pane.

Peter

Peter Kahrel · Answer

What you can do is rather than real cross-references, create sub-topics and call them "z_see_ abc" and "z_see also_ xyz". They're then generated as separate level-2 entries with a page number. The "z" in "z_see_ abc" ensures that they're sorted after the subtopics. The underscores are just a way to find "see" and "see also" so that you can apply a character style to them. The page numbers can be removed with this Grep:

Find: (^_see( also)?_.+?)[\s\d]+$

Change to: $1

but do this before adding the character styles.

Peter

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