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• • May 29, 2021 at 6:08 pm #14339681
    Connie Taylor

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    Is there a way to create a pdf that shows the index markers? It would be a handy way to proof that everything has been caught for indexing.
    If that is not possible, could I use GREP to find all the index markers and then change the letter following the marker to say a character style, for example, bold red. This would make it possible to export a pdf with the index markers indicated. After the export, once could just run a replace to replace that character style with none to remove the printable marker.

  • May 30, 2021 at 2:09 pm #14339696
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    I haven’t seen that, but I do know there are some good index utilities at the following links:
    https://creativepro.com/files/kahrel/indesign/lists_indexes.html
    and
    https://www.kerntiff.co.uk/products-4-indesign/indexutilities

  • June 7, 2021 at 3:51 am #14339945
    Michel Allio for FRIdNGE

    Participant

    Simple:

    Grep Find: ~I.
    Replace by format: condition “index entry view”

    Don’t use a char style but a condition!

    (^/) The Jedi

  • June 7, 2021 at 7:48 am #14339954
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    I like that idea of using a condition (instead of a character style). That might stand out even more. You would also need to enable “show and print” in the Conditional Text panel, so that the condition “wavy lines” appear in the PDF.

    Thank you, Michel, for the ~I. grep… I did not read the original question carefully enough. Yes, this grep would work great.

  • June 7, 2021 at 9:03 am #14339963
    Connie Taylor

    Participant

    Thank you David and Michel. This works just great.

  • July 7, 2021 at 4:04 am #14341003
    mary williams

    Participant

    Replace the format: condition “index entry view”

  • October 1, 2021 at 5:05 am #14347923
    Harold Repass

    Participant

    I agree that it is necessary to replace the format.

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