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• • March 11, 2022 at 9:25 am #14360244
    Julie Gomes

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    I am starting to get into GREP and have tried many things without much luck. What I am trying to do is create a Table Of Contents for a 240 page catalog, which would pull/extract/match the first word from every line that has paragraph style “Product Number” applied to it. The first word in each of these styles is the product SKU. I don’t need the following text after the SKU to display in the TOC. Each of the lines has a different number of tabs and text following after the SKU.

    LIST OF “Product Number” STYLES:

    BH1000 42”L x 52”W Unfolded Black $00.00 each
    SC1 $00.00 each
    BE10 $00.00 each
    UMP $00.00 each
    GRK $00.00 each
    78BLK 6”L x 3”W $00.00 each
    75B 9”L x 9”W $00.00 each
    UMKT 9”L x 12”W $00.00 each

    DESIRED RESULT IN THE TOC:
    SKU PAGE #
    75B 1
    78BLK 1
    BE10 1
    BH1000 1
    GRK 1
    SC1 1
    UMKT 1
    UMP 1

    Screenshot: https://snipboard.io/NLnOEe.jpg

    Thank you in advance for your help!

  • March 11, 2022 at 10:22 am #14360247
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    You might want to use something like IndexMatic to do this. Here’s an article about an older version, but it will get you to the right place:

    Building an Index Using Character Styles or External Word List

  • March 11, 2022 at 10:39 am #14360249
    Julie Gomes

    Participant

    Thank you! I am going to try this out.

  • March 11, 2022 at 10:45 am #14360250
    Julie Gomes

    Participant

    Just a note, I also need to have this work for a 19-chapter book. Unless I run this script for each of the 19 chapters and then copy/paste the results into one document.

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