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Aad Metz
Aad Metz
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Index and InCopy

Nov 22, 2011 7:41 AM

Tags: #indesign #incopy #index #workflow

How can I create an Index in InCopy

which I can use also in InDesign?

1222 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: Bob Levine, Oct 18, 2012 6:30 AM
 
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  • Bob Levine
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    1. Bob Levine,
    Nov 22, 2011 9:22 AM   in reply to Aad Metz
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    AFAIK, the index has to be created in InDesign.

     

     

     

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    2. Aad Metz,
    Nov 22, 2011 9:39 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Allright Bob.

    And is it scriptable?

    For example:

    - You give a code for a word to be in the indez in InCopy; f.e. : This <#word> has to be...

    - And when you go to InDesign the words between '<#' and '>' will add the word to the index

    ?

     
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    3. Bob Levine,
    Nov 22, 2011 9:44 AM   in reply to Aad Metz
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    You might want to try the scripting forum. That gets a lot more traffic than the InCopy forum.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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    4. davehaigh,
    Aug 8, 2012 7:25 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Aad Metz - Did you have any luck figuring out the best way to do this? Did you end up using a script to generate your index from a list of tags or did you go down another route

     
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  • Frans van der Geest
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    5. Frans van der Geest,
    Aug 16, 2012 9:04 AM   in reply to davehaigh
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    There is a script that can make index markers based on character styles. Create a charater style for your editors and let them 'mark' with this. Then when returned in InDesign you can run the script.

    Find the scipt here:

    http://indesigning.net/marking-up-index-words-in-incopy

     
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    6. Frans van der Geest,
    Aug 16, 2012 9:05 AM   in reply to Frans van der Geest
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    Correction: not based on character style but a colour!

     
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    7. davehaigh,
    Oct 18, 2012 6:16 AM   in reply to Frans van der Geest
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    frans that link is broken. do have an updated link?

     
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    8. davehaigh,
    Oct 18, 2012 6:27 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Bob Levine wrote:

     

    You might want to try the scripting forum. That gets a lot more traffic than the InCopy forum.

     

     

    I've posted a question in the InCopy Scripting forum about 2 months sgo but have had no repsonses. There has only been 3 posts on that forum in the last 11-12 months.

     

    Bob, as this question was asked nearly 12 months ago, have you any updated advice on this question? Is there a different forum I could try?

     

    David

     
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    9. Bob Levine,
    Oct 18, 2012 6:30 AM   in reply to davehaigh
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    Try the InDesign scripting forum.

     

     

     

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