Creating index - manually tag each name? 1

[ruffian]

Am I missing something or do I have to manually index mark each name (of which there are over 2,000 contained in 18 chapters in the book)? I thought that one could earmark a style to include in an index. Is it possible to do a search and replace with index markers? The looming task of clicking on each entry isn't appealing. Suggestions - certainly others must have encountered similar situations.

 

[eugenetyson]

There ya go

http://indesignsecrets.com/building-an-index-using-character-styles-or-external-word-list.php

http://www.doozler.blogspot.com/

 

[ruffian]

I was hopeful by the links, but after testing IndexMatic, it does not capture the entire name. Because the names are defined by a paragraph style (due to imported data), a first name and the last name are separate entries and are listed as such in the resulting output. Any other suggestions?

 

[MarcusStringer]

I did a quick Google search and found this...
Don't know if it will help you or not.

http://livedocs.adobe.com/en_US/InD...t=WSBB6698B3-6E51-4d57-A6FF-3C478436C963.html

Can I also point out.

I layout books for a living, very large books... in Australia, Publishers use specific people for Indexing these large books. There is a whole association for these people.

http://www.anzsi.org/site/software.asp

That means, it's hard...

There is no easy way to do this...

Sorry for the negativity, just thought I'd mention it...







Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[ruffian]

Thanks for the comment (albeit negative). I'm messing around with some search and replace functions (GREP) to try to at less reduce the repetition (and carpal tunnel syndrome).