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1. Re: Alphabetization of names in index...
Michael Gianino Feb 5, 2009 6:28 PM (in response to RodneyA)Sort
b Ma, H. S.
as
b Maa, H. S.
and
b Ma, K.F.
as
b Maa, K.F.
They will still display in the generated index as Ma, but will sort correctly. -
2. Re: Alphabetization of names in index...
RodneyA Feb 5, 2009 7:58 PM (in response to RodneyA)Right -- it's just that I've got about a thousand index entries, so I'll have to go through and find the ones where I don't like the sort order and fix them. Not my cup of tea :-) but what can one do. -
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(Michael_Lemberger) Feb 18, 2009 8:34 AM (in response to RodneyA)I have the same problem. I get:
Carlson, Philip R., MD 314
Carr, Carol H., CNM, MS 198
Carrel, Aaron L., MD 256, 262
Carrithers, Michael D., MD, PhD 171
Carr, Kathleen E., MD 96, 282, 342
Casey, Kristin T., CPNP 267
where I would expect
Carlson, Philip R., MD 314
Carr, Carol H., CNM, MS 198
Carr, Kathleen E., MD 96, 282, 342
Carrel, Aaron L., MD 256, 262
Carrithers, Michael D., MD, PhD 171
Casey, Kristin T., CPNP 267
Yes, I can go in and adjust this manually, but why should I have to when the exact same method on the exact same project worked perfectly (*PERFECTLY*) using InDesign CS2? -
4. Re: Alphabetization of names in index...
RodneyA Feb 18, 2009 12:41 PM (in response to RodneyA)In my opinion, Adobe screwed this one up. There are times when you might want this alphabetization, but I can't think of one off-hand. Fortunately, you can at least correct all of the Carr, Kathleen entries with one change rather than 3. If you change both Carr, Carol and Carr, Kathleen entries to sort as Carraa, Carol and Carraa, Kathleen, they'll behave.
I notice that the Index function has a variety of sort options for different languages. Might there be a different language setting that indexes properly? What we want is an alphabetization scheme where spaces and punctuation count as a letter before "A." Is it possible to create new sort behaviors?
Where is that "bug alert" or "feature request" link again? -
5. Re: Alphabetization of names in index...
Michael Gianino Feb 18, 2009 12:48 PM (in response to RodneyA)I get the same results in CS3, and since you say it worked in CS2, I wonder if CS4 still has the bug, or if they fixed it. BTW, Quark 8 does it correctly. -
6. Re: Alphabetization of names in index...
RodneyA Feb 19, 2009 5:46 AM (in response to RodneyA)CS4 is where I first noticed it, but it may have just been bad proofreading in CS3 (I only do indexes about once a year...) -
7. Re: Alphabetization of names in index...
Fred Goldman Feb 19, 2009 6:57 AM (in response to RodneyA)Yes, it was around in CS3. It a horrible bug/feature whatever you want
to call it. I have filed a bug report (and I know others have, too) but
is has fallen on deaf ears.


