RE: Indexing front matter
Hi Nancy, This suggestion is sent only because you solicited "all suggestions" in your appeal. You might consider assigning a Text format to your preface file so that the page numbers appear as something similar to: Preface - 1, Preface - 2, Preface - 3 P - 1, P - 2, P - 3 Or something esthetically pleasing to your document style. Sorry, this is not a real answer to your question. Good luck, Ed DeRosier Anritsu Company ** ** ** ** from framers Digest, Vol 63, Issue 9 ** ** ** ** From: Nancy Allison Subject: Indexing front matter Hi, all. My manuals use chapter numbering, so an index entry for page 3 of chapter 5 comes out like this: Apple pie recipe, 5-3 The front matter has roman numerals with no prefixes, so a reference to Technical Support in the Preface should look like this: Technical Support, xiii ... I know how to set up a new IX format in the Reference page of the Index, which would use only the <$pagenum> variable. What I can't figure out is, how do I assign that format to the Preface entry only? Thanks for all suggestions. --Nancy ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: RE: Indexing front matter
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RE: Indexing front matter
I forgot step 6. Maybe it doesn't need to be said, but... > 1) Create a new marker type named IndexFront. > 2) Create a new paragraph format named IndexFrontIX that's a clone of > IndexIX and add it to your pgf catalog. > 3) In your ref page IX flow, add an IndexFrontIX pgf that contains only > <$pagenum>. > 4) In the book window, right-click your index file and select Set Up > Standard Index. > 5) In the dialog box, add IndexFront to the Include list and click Set. 6) Use the IndexFront marker type instead of Index for front-matter index entries. Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-777-0436 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Indexing front matter
Nancy Allison wrote: > My manuals use chapter numbering, so an index entry for page 3 of chapter 5 > comes out like this: > > Apple pie recipe, 5-3 > > The front matter has roman numerals with no prefixes, so a reference to > Technical Support in the Preface should look like this: > > Technical Support, xiii > > However, because the Index marker set up on the Reference page assumes > there is a chapter number prefix for every entry, the Technical Reference > Support looks like this: > > 4-xiii, or 1-xiii, or 0-xiii > > depending on how I set the numbering property. It's been a while since I used folio numbering. If I'm remembering correctly, the process is something like this: 1) Create a new marker type named IndexFront. 2) Create a new paragraph format named IndexFrontIX that's a clone of IndexIX and add it to your pgf catalog. 3) In your ref page IX flow, add an IndexFrontIX pgf that contains only <$pagenum>. 4) In the book window, right-click your index file and select Set Up Standard Index. 5) In the dialog box, add IndexFront to the Include list and click Set. HTH! Richard G. Combs Senior Technical Writer Polycom, Inc. richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom 303-223-5111 -- rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom 303-903-6372 -- ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
RE: Indexing front matter
You could use a different marker for the content in your preface, include that marker in your index, and use different page formatting for that marker. It would be a new marker type that you would create. You might call it IndexPreface or something like that. I have done something similar with tables and figures. In my index tables and figures are formatted differently so that they are more easily identifiable as content in a table or a figure rather than in body text. -Lief -Original Message- From: framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Nancy Allison Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 2:14 PM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Indexing front matter Hi, all. My manuals use chapter numbering, so an index entry for page 3 of chapter 5 comes out like this: Apple pie recipe, 5-3 The front matter has roman numerals with no prefixes, so a reference to Technical Support in the Preface should look like this: Technical Support, xiii However, because the Index marker set up on the Reference page assumes there is a chapter number prefix for every entry, the Technical Reference Support looks like this: 4-xiii, or 1-xiii, or 0-xiii depending on how I set the numbering property. I know I could solve the problem by moving to straight-through numbering, or by moving the Tech Support information to some other location in a regular chapter, but there are problems with both these solutions. Right now, I want to stick with figuring out how to use Frame correctly to create the entry I want, which would be Tech Support, xiii I know how to set up a new IX format in the Reference page of the Index, which would use only the <$pagenum> variable. What I can't figure out is, how do I assign that format to the Preface entry only? Thanks for all suggestions. --Nancy ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as l...@netinst.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/lief%40netinst.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. This email has been scanned. This email has been scanned. This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
Re: Indexing front matter
You can set the Chapnum variable for the Preface (in the book file) to text and the value to a space. Still need to get rid of the hyphen, but if that's manually added to the <$chapnum>-<$pagenuum> string, it's easy to remove. Art Campbell art.campb...@gmail.com "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Nancy Allison wrote: > Hi, all. > > My manuals use chapter numbering, so an index entry for page 3 of chapter 5 > comes out like this: > > Apple pie recipe, 5-3 > > The front matter has roman numerals with no prefixes, so a reference to > Technical Support in the Preface should look like this: > > Technical Support, xiii > > However, because the Index marker set up on the Reference page assumes there > is a chapter number prefix for every entry, the Technical Reference Support > looks like this: > > 4-xiii, or 1-xiii, or 0-xiii > > depending on how I set the numbering property. > > I know I could solve the problem by moving to straight-through numbering, or > by moving the Tech Support information to some other location in a regular > chapter, but there are problems with both these solutions. Right now, I want > to stick with figuring out how to use Frame correctly to create the entry I > want, which would be > > Tech Support, xiii > > I know how to set up a new IX format in the Reference page of the Index, > which would use only the <$pagenum> variable. > > What I can't figure out is, how do I assign that format to the Preface entry > only? > > Thanks for all suggestions. > > --Nancy > ___ > > > You are currently subscribed to framers as art.campb...@gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/art.campbell%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > ___ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
