Remove index reference marker

[Teetan_VK]

Hi everyone

can you make a script for del those index reference marker:

Teetan

[Sajeev Sridharan]

Try,

app.activeDocument.indexes[0].topics.everyItem().remove();

OR

app.activeDocument.indexes[0].topics.everyItem().pageReferences.everyItem().remove();

Vandy

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Hi,

Not index markers but cross-reference target markers.

[Teetan_VK]

thank you Vandy

seems not work

[Teetan_VK]

cross-reference marker?

I don't really sure what is it

[Teetan_VK]

the GREP wildcard ~I

but unremovable

[Sajeev Sridharan]

Hi,

I am not in front of my system, may be the below link will help you.

http://indesignsecrets.com/how-to-remove-all-the-index-entries.php

Vandy

[Teetan_VK]

thank you Vandy

run your script I got this error

Teetan

[Teetan_VK]

and search ^I

I got this

but I don't know what in world is this kind of thing

thank you so much

Teetan

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Coucou ! (in french)

Insert a index entry! Vandy is right!

But here, it is not a maker for an index entry. You have cross-references!!  Already said in Post#2. 

[Teetan_VK]

I place a word file into Indesign, then the file have this kind of things

I don't how can I remove it

[Laubender]

@Teetan VK – that's the dreaded <FEFF> special character!

Do a TEXT search/replace. Not a GREP search (that will not work).

And be aware, that also XML markers and Index markers will be found with:

<FEFF>

Uwe

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Here a screenshot before replacement with *nothing* and after.
(<FEFF> in text search will find the XML tags as well, but in this case will not remove them)

Uwe

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Hi Uwe,

I've already had a discussion about <FEFF>.

If you have index markers that you want to keep! … 

[Laubender]

Hi, Obi-wan!

Yes. Then you have to shield them (the index markers) with a special character style. The next step would be to search for <FEFF> without that special character style…

Uwe

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Aha! Still difficult to block you in a corner of the ring! 

I use a condition to do this (personally used in another [JS] to generate several index in the same book)!

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

One question remains unanswered:

We can delete index marks:

app.activeDocument.indexes[0].topics.everyItem().remove();

and those of hyperlinks:

app.activeDocument.hyperlinkTextDestinations.everyItem().remove();

app.activeDocument.hyperlinkTextSources.everyItem().remove();

Is there a javascript syntax for cross references?

[Jongware]

Obi-wan, Cross References were tacked on with paperclips and duct tape. They refer to the list of topics, just like indexed items: http://jongware.mit.edu/idcs6js/pc_CrossReference.html

I don't have the time to experiment, but this suggests that if you remove all index topics, you also remove cross references -- and the other way around. Looping over all cross references and only deleting their own is not safe; you would need to check if the topic is not used for the index as well.

[Obi-wan Kenobi]

Hi Jongware,

Thanks for the answer! 

Is there a way by Javascript [it's only a question] to "jump" from the first RC source to its RC target, then jump to the following RC source … as we can do with the RC panel?

Thanks in advance. 

[Jongware]

No idea, it's not something I've tried before. Maybe you can try [textItem].showText()?

[Teetan_VK]

Laubender
AND
Obi-wan Kenobi
SOLUTION, BOTH WORK

THANK YOU ALL GUYS

TEETAN