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June 14, 2024
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Create book index with indexing info

  • June 14, 2024
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Hello, I wish to explore Adobe Acrobat 2020's capabilities to extract indexing information to create an index for a book. Where can I find information on how to create/build an index, and what are the challenges involved? Thanks.

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try67
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June 15, 2024

The kind of index Acrobat can create is not the kind a book will have. It's a mechanism for searching it more efficiently, not a visual representation of terms and their locations in the file.

JR Boulay
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June 15, 2024

You must use a third party plugin: https://evermap.com/AutoBookmark.asp

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
Luke Jennings3
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June 14, 2024

If your book was created in InDesign, you can create an index there:

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/creating-index.html#:~:text=Choose%20Window%20%3E%20Type%20%26%20Tables%20%3E,the%20bottom%20of%20the%20panel.

I don't know if this is possible in Acrobat.