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mari9233817
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April 2, 2017
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Adding 'n' after an index page number

  • April 2, 2017
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Dear all,
I'm creating an index to be inserted at the end of a book. When I cite the name of a work or an author that was mentionned in a footnote of the book, I'd like to put a "n" in the index after the page number. E.g.:

Stanley Isaac, 132 n

Steiner George, 15-19, 205 n, 206

How can I include this "n" by default when adding the index entry? I mean, is there a way to avoid manually putting "n" in the text?
Thank you very much for your help,
MT

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    Obi-wan Kenobi
    Obi-wan Kenobi
    Brainiac
    April 2, 2017

    Hi,

    I suppose "n" after 132 and 205 means the authors' name are mentioned in footnotes on these pages! Right?

    (^/)

    mari9233817
    mari9233817Author
    New Participant
    April 2, 2017

    Yes, that's it! Sorry for the inexperience, but what should I do with (^/)?

    Many thanks again

    Obi-wan Kenobi
    Obi-wan Kenobi
    Brainiac
    April 3, 2017

    After checking out the possibilities in the Index Entry box, there seems to be no straightforward solution ...(*)

    Obi-wan, how about this? 1. Create a new character style 'index_note'. 2. Loop through index entries and check which ones appear inside notes. 3. Set the page reference to this style. 4. Generate the index. 5. Find page references with that style and add the 'n'. 6. Sit back and exhale.

    (*) Indexing inside InDesign has always been a bother, a pain, and a hassle. For quite some time, I create mine with a fully custom script (**), and lo, I included adding an 'n' after references to notes right from the start. "Indexing" is quite high on the list of topics that book publishers want and need, but gets snowed under by Insert Latest E-Reading Format Here that gets all the priority.

    (**) Custom built for one specific client, meaning 'sorry won't post it here'.


    Hi Jongware,

    Good way!

    One month ago, I've written a script in a similar way! 

    It just applied a "color" char style to the good pages (as yours). So easy to modify!

    (^/)

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