Fix Page References After Tables
Tables inflict mayhem on scripts that insert index markers. This script fixes it.
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When a script inserts an index marker and the text contains one or more tables between the insertion point and the beginning of the story, the marker is inserted too far ahead in the text. The more tables there are and the bigger those tables, the bigger the offset. (This doesn’t happen when you add a page reference by hand.)
Any script that places page references must be aware if this.
This fix is fairly simple. See the function in this script.
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This article was last modified on September 5, 2026
This article was first published on February 5, 2026
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