RE: Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-03 Thread Lief Erickson 
IndexIX -- $autorange$pagenum
IndexTableIX -- $autorange$pagenumt
IndexFigureIX -- $autorange$pagenumff

All of them have a Hyperlink character tag assigned to them so the page numbers 
are blue. Notice the t and ff and the end of the Table and Figure entries. 
This is automatically added after the page numbers. 

But, I understand that you want the text entry itself to have formatting. I'm 
not sure how to help there, but the above way is how I use a multi-marker index 
(which, by the way, ePublisher does not support).

-Lief 

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Scott Prentice
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 4:13 PM
To: Combs, Richard
Cc: 'Framers'
Subject: Re: Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

Hi Richard...

Thanks for the very detailed explanation. I should have provided a bit 
more info on this. I do understand how indexes are formatted and 
generated, but what I was hoping for was that there was some way to 
assign unique IX reference flows to each marker type and in some way 
have this assign different LevelNIX para tags .. I assumed this wasn't 
possible, and it sounds like this is the case. I was hoping to avoid 
manually assigning character formatting to each entry.

Frank's semi-automated approach to adding the character formatting is 
interesting, but it would be great if this could be done based on marker 
type to reference page mapping.

Cheers,

...scott


Combs, Richard wrote:
 Scott Prentice wrote:
  
   
 If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to
 apply different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker
 type? Like, is there a way to assign one reference page to be the
 formatting for the Index markers and another reference page to be the
 formatting for the OtherIndex markers?

 I'm thinking the answer is no .. but wanted to check with y'all.
 

 It's not clear what you want to format. But in any case, you don't assign 
 reference pages to anything. If you create an index, a text box containing 
 the IX flow is created on a reference page (which by default is also named 
 IX). The contents of the IX flow specify how the index is generated, ordered, 
 and formatted. 

 The IndexIX paragraph, which typically contains $pagenum, tells FM to 
 include page-number references to markers of type Index. You can include 
 another marker type in your index by creating a pgf like IndexIX, but named 
 after the second marker type, e.g., OtherIndexIX. It can be formatted 
 differently -- for instance, you could make it bold or italic -- but that 
 formatting will be applied only to the page number. 

 The Level1IX, Level2IX, etc., pgf formats are used for the index entries at 
 those levels. So every 1st-level index entry will have the same pgf format, 
 whether it's from an Index marker or an OtherIndex marker. 

 If you want the text for an OtherIndex entry formatted differently, the 
 solution is simple. But you have to do it in the marker text when you create 
 the OtherIndex marker. You can include character formats, enclosed in angle 
 brackets, in the marker text. For instance, let's say you have a char format 
 named Other that formats the text the way you want the OtherIndex entries to 
 look. To create an entry for configuration, put this in the marker text: 

   OtherconfigurationDefault Para Font

 These things, and a lot more that you can do, are reasonably well explained 
 in the help/manual under Tables of Contents and Indexes. 

 HTH!

 Richard G. Combs
 Senior Technical Writer
 Polycom, Inc.
 richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
 303-223-5111
 --
 rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
 303-903-6372
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Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-03 Thread Lief Erickson 
IndexIX -- <$autorange><$pagenum>
IndexTableIX -- <$autorange><$pagenum>t
IndexFigureIX -- <$autorange><$pagenum>ff

All of them have a Hyperlink character tag assigned to them so the page numbers 
are blue. Notice the "t" and "ff" and the end of the Table and Figure entries. 
This is automatically added after the page numbers. 

But, I understand that you want the text entry itself to have formatting. I'm 
not sure how to help there, but the above way is how I use a multi-marker index 
(which, by the way, ePublisher does not support).

-Lief 

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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Scott Prentice
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 4:13 PM
To: Combs, Richard
Cc: 'Framers'
Subject: Re: Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

Hi Richard...

Thanks for the very detailed explanation. I should have provided a bit 
more info on this. I do understand how indexes are formatted and 
generated, but what I was hoping for was that there was some way to 
assign unique IX reference flows to each marker type and in some way 
have this assign different LevelIX para tags .. I assumed this wasn't 
possible, and it sounds like this is the case. I was hoping to avoid 
manually assigning character formatting to each entry.

Frank's semi-automated approach to adding the character formatting is 
interesting, but it would be great if this could be done based on marker 
type to reference page mapping.

Cheers,

...scott


Combs, Richard wrote:
> Scott Prentice wrote:
>  
>   
>> If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to
>> apply different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker
>> type? Like, is there a way to assign one reference page to be the
>> formatting for the "Index" markers and another reference page to be the
>> formatting for the "OtherIndex" markers?
>>
>> I'm thinking the answer is no .. but wanted to check with y'all.
>> 
>
> It's not clear what you want to format. But in any case, you don't assign 
> reference pages to anything. If you create an index, a text box containing 
> the IX flow is created on a reference page (which by default is also named 
> IX). The contents of the IX flow specify how the index is generated, ordered, 
> and formatted. 
>
> The IndexIX paragraph, which typically contains "<$pagenum>," tells FM to 
> include page-number references to markers of type Index. You can include 
> another marker type in your index by creating a pgf like IndexIX, but named 
> after the second marker type, e.g., OtherIndexIX. It can be formatted 
> differently -- for instance, you could make it bold or italic -- but that 
> formatting will be applied only to the page number. 
>
> The Level1IX, Level2IX, etc., pgf formats are used for the index entries at 
> those levels. So every 1st-level index entry will have the same pgf format, 
> whether it's from an Index marker or an OtherIndex marker. 
>
> If you want the text for an OtherIndex entry formatted differently, the 
> solution is simple. But you have to do it in the marker text when you create 
> the OtherIndex marker. You can include character formats, enclosed in angle 
> brackets, in the marker text. For instance, let's say you have a char format 
> named Other that formats the text the way you want the OtherIndex entries to 
> look. To create an entry for "configuration," put this in the marker text: 
>
>   configuration
>
> These things, and a lot more that you can do, are reasonably well explained 
> in the help/manual under "Tables of Contents and Indexes." 
>
> HTH!
>
> Richard G. Combs
> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
> 303-223-5111
> --
> rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
> 303-903-6372
> --
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-02 Thread Jerilynne MamaRed Knight 
A plug for Frank's IXGen (pleased user)I wish I had purchased it LONG
before I did because it cut development time for a variety of reference
documents by over 75%. Plus I had a client that was jumping for joy because
their clients had been asking for a series of unique indices for years and
the combination of Frame and IXGen was just what the doctor ordered.



On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Frank Stearns fra...@fsatools.com wrote:

 On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Scott Prentice wrote:

  Hi...

 If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to apply
 different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker type? Like,
 is there a way to assign one reference page to be the formatting for the
 Index markers and another reference page to be the formatting for the
 OtherIndex markers?


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Re: Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-02 Thread Scott Prentice 
Hmm .. after re-reading Richard's post, I saw something that I had 
missed before. The IndexIX and OtherIndexIX para formatting that is 
applied to the page numbers only. This may actually be good enough to be 
able to flag the page numbers with alternate formatting based on the 
marker type. It doesn't apply formatting to the whole entry, but this 
could do the trick.


Again .. thanks Richard, for the very detailed reply to my question!

...scott



Scott Prentice wrote:

Hi Richard...

Thanks for the very detailed explanation. I should have provided a bit 
more info on this. I do understand how indexes are formatted and 
generated, but what I was hoping for was that there was some way to 
assign unique IX reference flows to each marker type and in some way 
have this assign different LevelNIX para tags .. I assumed this 
wasn't possible, and it sounds like this is the case. I was hoping to 
avoid manually assigning character formatting to each entry.


Frank's semi-automated approach to adding the character formatting is 
interesting, but it would be great if this could be done based on 
marker type to reference page mapping.


Cheers,

...scott


Combs, Richard wrote:

Scott Prentice wrote:
 
 

If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to
apply different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker
type? Like, is there a way to assign one reference page to be the
formatting for the Index markers and another reference page to be the
formatting for the OtherIndex markers?

I'm thinking the answer is no .. but wanted to check with y'all.



It's not clear what you want to format. But in any case, you don't 
assign reference pages to anything. If you create an index, a text 
box containing the IX flow is created on a reference page (which by 
default is also named IX). The contents of the IX flow specify how 
the index is generated, ordered, and formatted.
The IndexIX paragraph, which typically contains $pagenum, tells 
FM to include page-number references to markers of type Index. You 
can include another marker type in your index by creating a pgf like 
IndexIX, but named after the second marker type, e.g., OtherIndexIX. 
It can be formatted differently -- for instance, you could make it 
bold or italic -- but that formatting will be applied only to the 
page number.
The Level1IX, Level2IX, etc., pgf formats are used for the index 
entries at those levels. So every 1st-level index entry will have the 
same pgf format, whether it's from an Index marker or an OtherIndex 
marker.
If you want the text for an OtherIndex entry formatted differently, 
the solution is simple. But you have to do it in the marker text when 
you create the OtherIndex marker. You can include character formats, 
enclosed in angle brackets, in the marker text. For instance, let's 
say you have a char format named Other that formats the text the way 
you want the OtherIndex entries to look. To create an entry for 
configuration, put this in the marker text:

OtherconfigurationDefault Para Font

These things, and a lot more that you can do, are reasonably well 
explained in the help/manual under Tables of Contents and Indexes.

HTH!

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
--
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
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Re: Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-02 Thread Scott Prentice 

Hi Richard...

Thanks for the very detailed explanation. I should have provided a bit 
more info on this. I do understand how indexes are formatted and 
generated, but what I was hoping for was that there was some way to 
assign unique IX reference flows to each marker type and in some way 
have this assign different LevelNIX para tags .. I assumed this wasn't 
possible, and it sounds like this is the case. I was hoping to avoid 
manually assigning character formatting to each entry.


Frank's semi-automated approach to adding the character formatting is 
interesting, but it would be great if this could be done based on marker 
type to reference page mapping.


Cheers,

...scott


Combs, Richard wrote:

Scott Prentice wrote:
 
  

If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to
apply different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker
type? Like, is there a way to assign one reference page to be the
formatting for the Index markers and another reference page to be the
formatting for the OtherIndex markers?

I'm thinking the answer is no .. but wanted to check with y'all.



It's not clear what you want to format. But in any case, you don't assign reference pages to anything. If you create an index, a text box containing the IX flow is created on a reference page (which by default is also named IX). The contents of the IX flow specify how the index is generated, ordered, and formatted. 

The IndexIX paragraph, which typically contains $pagenum, tells FM to include page-number references to markers of type Index. You can include another marker type in your index by creating a pgf like IndexIX, but named after the second marker type, e.g., OtherIndexIX. It can be formatted differently -- for instance, you could make it bold or italic -- but that formatting will be applied only to the page number. 

The Level1IX, Level2IX, etc., pgf formats are used for the index entries at those levels. So every 1st-level index entry will have the same pgf format, whether it's from an Index marker or an OtherIndex marker. 

If you want the text for an OtherIndex entry formatted differently, the solution is simple. But you have to do it in the marker text when you create the OtherIndex marker. You can include character formats, enclosed in angle brackets, in the marker text. For instance, let's say you have a char format named Other that formats the text the way you want the OtherIndex entries to look. To create an entry for configuration, put this in the marker text: 


OtherconfigurationDefault Para Font

These things, and a lot more that you can do, are reasonably well explained in the help/manual under Tables of Contents and Indexes. 


HTH!

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
--
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
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Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-02 Thread Jerilynne "MamaRed" Knight 
A plug for Frank's IXGen (pleased user)I wish I had purchased it LONG
before I did because it cut development time for a variety of reference
documents by over 75%. Plus I had a client that was jumping for joy because
their clients had been asking for a series of unique "indices" for years and
the combination of Frame and IXGen was just what the doctor ordered.



On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:19 PM, Frank Stearns  wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Scott Prentice wrote:
>
>  Hi...
>>
>> If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to apply
>> different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker type? Like,
>> is there a way to assign one reference page to be the formatting for the
>> "Index" markers and another reference page to be the formatting for the
>> "OtherIndex" markers?
>>
>>

Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-02 Thread Scott Prentice 
Hmm .. after re-reading Richard's post, I saw something that I had 
missed before. The "IndexIX" and "OtherIndexIX" para formatting that is 
applied to the page numbers only. This may actually be good enough to be 
able to flag the page numbers with alternate formatting based on the 
marker type. It doesn't apply formatting to the whole entry, but this 
could do the trick.

Again .. thanks Richard, for the very detailed reply to my question!

...scott



Scott Prentice wrote:
> Hi Richard...
>
> Thanks for the very detailed explanation. I should have provided a bit 
> more info on this. I do understand how indexes are formatted and 
> generated, but what I was hoping for was that there was some way to 
> assign unique IX reference flows to each marker type and in some way 
> have this assign different LevelIX para tags .. I assumed this 
> wasn't possible, and it sounds like this is the case. I was hoping to 
> avoid manually assigning character formatting to each entry.
>
> Frank's semi-automated approach to adding the character formatting is 
> interesting, but it would be great if this could be done based on 
> marker type to reference page mapping.
>
> Cheers,
>
> ...scott
>
>
> Combs, Richard wrote:
>> Scott Prentice wrote:
>>  
>>  
>>> If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to
>>> apply different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker
>>> type? Like, is there a way to assign one reference page to be the
>>> formatting for the "Index" markers and another reference page to be the
>>> formatting for the "OtherIndex" markers?
>>>
>>> I'm thinking the answer is no .. but wanted to check with y'all.
>>> 
>>
>> It's not clear what you want to format. But in any case, you don't 
>> assign reference pages to anything. If you create an index, a text 
>> box containing the IX flow is created on a reference page (which by 
>> default is also named IX). The contents of the IX flow specify how 
>> the index is generated, ordered, and formatted.
>> The IndexIX paragraph, which typically contains "<$pagenum>," tells 
>> FM to include page-number references to markers of type Index. You 
>> can include another marker type in your index by creating a pgf like 
>> IndexIX, but named after the second marker type, e.g., OtherIndexIX. 
>> It can be formatted differently -- for instance, you could make it 
>> bold or italic -- but that formatting will be applied only to the 
>> page number.
>> The Level1IX, Level2IX, etc., pgf formats are used for the index 
>> entries at those levels. So every 1st-level index entry will have the 
>> same pgf format, whether it's from an Index marker or an OtherIndex 
>> marker.
>> If you want the text for an OtherIndex entry formatted differently, 
>> the solution is simple. But you have to do it in the marker text when 
>> you create the OtherIndex marker. You can include character formats, 
>> enclosed in angle brackets, in the marker text. For instance, let's 
>> say you have a char format named Other that formats the text the way 
>> you want the OtherIndex entries to look. To create an entry for 
>> "configuration," put this in the marker text:
>> configuration
>>
>> These things, and a lot more that you can do, are reasonably well 
>> explained in the help/manual under "Tables of Contents and Indexes."
>> HTH!
>>
>> Richard G. Combs
>> Senior Technical Writer
>> Polycom, Inc.
>> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
>> 303-223-5111
>> --
>> rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
>> 303-903-6372
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   
>

Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-02 Thread Scott Prentice 
Hi Richard...

Thanks for the very detailed explanation. I should have provided a bit 
more info on this. I do understand how indexes are formatted and 
generated, but what I was hoping for was that there was some way to 
assign unique IX reference flows to each marker type and in some way 
have this assign different LevelIX para tags .. I assumed this wasn't 
possible, and it sounds like this is the case. I was hoping to avoid 
manually assigning character formatting to each entry.

Frank's semi-automated approach to adding the character formatting is 
interesting, but it would be great if this could be done based on marker 
type to reference page mapping.

Cheers,

...scott


Combs, Richard wrote:
> Scott Prentice wrote:
>  
>   
>> If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to
>> apply different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker
>> type? Like, is there a way to assign one reference page to be the
>> formatting for the "Index" markers and another reference page to be the
>> formatting for the "OtherIndex" markers?
>>
>> I'm thinking the answer is no .. but wanted to check with y'all.
>> 
>
> It's not clear what you want to format. But in any case, you don't assign 
> reference pages to anything. If you create an index, a text box containing 
> the IX flow is created on a reference page (which by default is also named 
> IX). The contents of the IX flow specify how the index is generated, ordered, 
> and formatted. 
>
> The IndexIX paragraph, which typically contains "<$pagenum>," tells FM to 
> include page-number references to markers of type Index. You can include 
> another marker type in your index by creating a pgf like IndexIX, but named 
> after the second marker type, e.g., OtherIndexIX. It can be formatted 
> differently -- for instance, you could make it bold or italic -- but that 
> formatting will be applied only to the page number. 
>
> The Level1IX, Level2IX, etc., pgf formats are used for the index entries at 
> those levels. So every 1st-level index entry will have the same pgf format, 
> whether it's from an Index marker or an OtherIndex marker. 
>
> If you want the text for an OtherIndex entry formatted differently, the 
> solution is simple. But you have to do it in the marker text when you create 
> the OtherIndex marker. You can include character formats, enclosed in angle 
> brackets, in the marker text. For instance, let's say you have a char format 
> named Other that formats the text the way you want the OtherIndex entries to 
> look. To create an entry for "configuration," put this in the marker text: 
>
>   configuration
>
> These things, and a lot more that you can do, are reasonably well explained 
> in the help/manual under "Tables of Contents and Indexes." 
>
> HTH!
>
> Richard G. Combs
> Senior Technical Writer
> Polycom, Inc.
> richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
> 303-223-5111
> --
> rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
> 303-903-6372
> --
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-01 Thread Scott Prentice 

Hi...

If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to 
apply different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker 
type? Like, is there a way to assign one reference page to be the 
formatting for the Index markers and another reference page to be the 
formatting for the OtherIndex markers?


I'm thinking the answer is no .. but wanted to check with y'all.

Thanks,

...scott


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RE: Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-01 Thread Combs, Richard 
Scott Prentice wrote:
 
 If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to
 apply different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker
 type? Like, is there a way to assign one reference page to be the
 formatting for the Index markers and another reference page to be the
 formatting for the OtherIndex markers?
 
 I'm thinking the answer is no .. but wanted to check with y'all.

It's not clear what you want to format. But in any case, you don't assign 
reference pages to anything. If you create an index, a text box containing the 
IX flow is created on a reference page (which by default is also named IX). The 
contents of the IX flow specify how the index is generated, ordered, and 
formatted. 

The IndexIX paragraph, which typically contains $pagenum, tells FM to 
include page-number references to markers of type Index. You can include 
another marker type in your index by creating a pgf like IndexIX, but named 
after the second marker type, e.g., OtherIndexIX. It can be formatted 
differently -- for instance, you could make it bold or italic -- but that 
formatting will be applied only to the page number. 

The Level1IX, Level2IX, etc., pgf formats are used for the index entries at 
those levels. So every 1st-level index entry will have the same pgf format, 
whether it's from an Index marker or an OtherIndex marker. 

If you want the text for an OtherIndex entry formatted differently, the 
solution is simple. But you have to do it in the marker text when you create 
the OtherIndex marker. You can include character formats, enclosed in angle 
brackets, in the marker text. For instance, let's say you have a char format 
named Other that formats the text the way you want the OtherIndex entries to 
look. To create an entry for configuration, put this in the marker text: 

OtherconfigurationDefault Para Font

These things, and a lot more that you can do, are reasonably well explained in 
the help/manual under Tables of Contents and Indexes. 

HTH!

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
--
rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-903-6372
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Re: Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-01 Thread Frank Stearns 

On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Scott Prentice wrote:


Hi...

If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to apply 
different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker type? Like, is 
there a way to assign one reference page to be the formatting for the Index 
markers and another reference page to be the formatting for the OtherIndex 
markers?


I'm thinking the answer is no .. but wanted to check with y'all.


See Richard's excellent post on this.

To summarize, you'll need to embed format command information in each 
source marker.


small commercial

If you want to do this en masse, you could have IXgen selectively 
bring all the markers of a given type into its Editable Marker List 
utility, and then apply a character tag appropriate for the desired 
marker formatting. (In just a few mouse clicks this character tag 
could be applied to all the markers collected during this pass.)


Then, when you apply the Editable Marker List back to the source 
documents, IXgen will convert the character tagging into the embedded 
format commands needed by FM to format marker text in the 
final IX document.


(This character tag/embed format command conversion feature was added 
in IXgen 7. And, as a sanity check, you can toggle between tagging and 
embeded commands before you apply the marker list.)


You could repeat this for each special marker type in use, assuming 
you had more than one othermarker type and wanted unique formatting 
for each.


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Hope that helps,

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Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-01 Thread Scott Prentice 
Hi...

If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to 
apply different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker 
type? Like, is there a way to assign one reference page to be the 
formatting for the "Index" markers and another reference page to be the 
formatting for the "OtherIndex" markers?

I'm thinking the answer is no .. but wanted to check with y'all.

Thanks,

...scott

Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-01 Thread Combs, Richard 
Scott Prentice wrote:

> If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to
> apply different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker
> type? Like, is there a way to assign one reference page to be the
> formatting for the "Index" markers and another reference page to be the
> formatting for the "OtherIndex" markers?
> 
> I'm thinking the answer is no .. but wanted to check with y'all.

It's not clear what you want to format. But in any case, you don't assign 
reference pages to anything. If you create an index, a text box containing the 
IX flow is created on a reference page (which by default is also named IX). The 
contents of the IX flow specify how the index is generated, ordered, and 
formatted. 

The IndexIX paragraph, which typically contains "<$pagenum>," tells FM to 
include page-number references to markers of type Index. You can include 
another marker type in your index by creating a pgf like IndexIX, but named 
after the second marker type, e.g., OtherIndexIX. It can be formatted 
differently -- for instance, you could make it bold or italic -- but that 
formatting will be applied only to the page number. 

The Level1IX, Level2IX, etc., pgf formats are used for the index entries at 
those levels. So every 1st-level index entry will have the same pgf format, 
whether it's from an Index marker or an OtherIndex marker. 

If you want the text for an OtherIndex entry formatted differently, the 
solution is simple. But you have to do it in the marker text when you create 
the OtherIndex marker. You can include character formats, enclosed in angle 
brackets, in the marker text. For instance, let's say you have a char format 
named Other that formats the text the way you want the OtherIndex entries to 
look. To create an entry for "configuration," put this in the marker text: 

configuration

These things, and a lot more that you can do, are reasonably well explained in 
the help/manual under "Tables of Contents and Indexes." 

HTH!

Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
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Formatting of multi-marker indexes...

2011-02-01 Thread Frank Stearns 
On Tue, 1 Feb 2011, Scott Prentice wrote:

> Hi...
>
> If you create an index from multiple marker types, is there a way to apply 
> different formatting to the resulting entries from each marker type? Like, is 
> there a way to assign one reference page to be the formatting for the "Index" 
> markers and another reference page to be the formatting for the "OtherIndex" 
> markers?
>
> I'm thinking the answer is no .. but wanted to check with y'all.

See Richard's excellent post on this.

To summarize, you'll need to embed format command information in each 
source marker.



If you want to do this en masse, you could have IXgen selectively 
bring all the markers of a given type into its "Editable Marker List" 
utility, and then apply a character tag appropriate for the desired 
marker formatting. (In just a few mouse clicks this character tag 
could be applied to all the markers collected during this pass.)

Then, when you apply the Editable Marker List back to the source 
documents, IXgen will convert the character tagging into the embedded 
format commands needed by FM to format marker text in the 
final IX document.

(This character tag/embed format command conversion feature was added 
in IXgen 7. And, as a sanity check, you can toggle between tagging and 
embeded commands before you apply the marker list.)

You could repeat this for each special marker type in use, assuming 
you had more than one "othermarker" type and wanted unique formatting 
for each.



Hope that helps,

Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for FrameMaker(r)
franks at fsatools.com 
TOLL FREE Voice (USA and Canada):  800-567-6421
USA Voice: 360-892-3970  http://www.fsatools.com