tagging words through a .txt file

[thedesmodus]

Hi all,

We have been looking all over the internet for a script that we can use/buy. But cannot find it anywhere.

We have a rather large document and an external word list in a .txt file. This list contains words that need to be in the index at the end of the document.

Instead of filling in a couple of hundred words and linking them by hand, it would be great if there is a script that can handle this.

We have looked in to Indexmatic2 (http://www.indiscripts.com/post/2011/07/indexmatic-2-public-release-and-user-s-guide ), but this script generates its own index list and does not create links to the original words in the document.

We have found a script that can create index links from colored words in the document.

So does anyone know if there is a script floating around that can load an external .txt wordlist and either color or add a character style to words in a document?

Or even a script that does what we need in 1 go?

Thanks

[Laubender · Accepted solution]

Thedesmodus,

there is a script by Martin Fischer at www.hilfdirselbst.ch (a swizz-german website) that could fit your needs. You can download it if you choose to be a premium member which requires a small fee. It's written for InDesign CS3 but it should run with CS4 or CS5. I tested it with a small list of words and it ran fine with InDesign CS5.

http://indesign.hilfdirselbst.ch/text/indexeintrage-mit-unterstichworten-uber-eine-konkordanzdatei-e...

If you prefer a Google translation:

http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Findesign.hilfdirselbst.ch%2Fte...

Uwe

[Peter Kahrel]

Apart from Martin's script you could try this one:

http://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/index_from_wordlist.html

which I think will doe what you want.

Peter

[Colin Flashman]

marc autret did something before he made indexmatic 2 called index brutal which is what i think you're after.

he does have it in his "temporary archives" on his website:

http://www.indiscripts.com/post/2009/10/indiscripts-temporary-archives

but he adds a disclaimer that there were some bugs, but use it at your own peril.

[thedesmodus]

Thanks all for the help!