Is it possible to have 2 paragraph styles on one line? 1

[caleno]

Hello all,

I am editing a botany field guide with over 400 species and realized that I may be able to make a common name index and a scientific name index by making a table of contents using paragraph styles.

If I assign a paragraph style to all scientific names and another to all common names, I can use the Table of contents feature to create an index where it lists all names with the pages in which they appear.

The problem I have is that the scientific names and common names I use in the field guide are on the same line due to space considerations. Example:

Scientific name (Common Name)

My problem is that I would like to have a separate paragraph style for scientific name and for common name, but since they are on the same line, indesign applies the same paragraph style to both. Is there some sort of break character to separate the two into different paragraph styles?

I wish character styles could be used to create a table of contents instead of paragraph styles.

Any advice would be appreciated.

regards,
Michael Calonje

 

[jimoblak]

If using InDesign 3 or greater, read the manual regarding 'nested styles'. This is what you are after. A nested style is two or more character styles defined in a single paragraph style.

 

[caleno]

Thanks for your response, but I think I need to actually have two paragraph styles in one line so that the Table of Contents feature will recognize them as two separate entries.

I think I will just have to separate the two with a space to create the table of contents.

thanks,
Michael

 

[jimoblak]

A paragraph style can use baseline shift. Shift the second paragraph style up to fit on the same line as the first paragraph style.

 

[caleno]

Thanks for the info on the baseline shift!

regards,
Michael