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September 8, 2011
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tagging words through a .txt file

  • September 8, 2011
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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

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Correct answer Laubender

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-erzeugen.html

If you prefer a Google translation:

http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Findesign.hilfdirselbst.ch%2Ftext%2Findexeintrage-mit-unterstichworten-uber-eine-konkordanzdatei-erzeugen.html

Uwe

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September 12, 2011

Thanks all for the help!

Colin Flashman
Community Expert
September 11, 2011

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.

If the answer wasn't in my post, perhaps it might be on my blog at colecandoo!
Community Expert
September 9, 2011

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

LaubenderCorrect answer
Community Expert
September 9, 2011

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-erzeugen.html

If you prefer a Google translation:

http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Findesign.hilfdirselbst.ch%2Ftext%2Findexeintrage-mit-unterstichworten-uber-eine-konkordanzdatei-erzeugen.html

Uwe