Join Mike Rankin for an in-depth discussion in this video Using third-party indexing tools, part of InDesign: Creating Long Documents.
- Indexing is a tough job,…and when you're making an index with InDesign,…you might find that it lacks features…for building the specific kind of entries you need.…Or you might find that it just takes…too much time and effort and you need some automation…to get the job done on time.…Fortunately, there are some commercial third-party options…with powerful indexing features.…Let's take a quick look at some of them.…The first one I want to show you here…is a script called IndexMatic, by Marc Autret.…You can find it at his website, indiscripts.com.…
With IndexMatic, you don't have to…place index markers in your documents.…Instead, IndexMatic uses a search-based method…of building an index.…You tell it what to search for,…and it builds the index from what it finds.…You can target your search to specific documents, pages,…layers, or even content that's formatted…in specific paragraph and character styles or style groups.…And it has even more powerful methods of targeting searches…with GRUB-like queries.…You can run a query list by loading a text file…
Author
Mike Rankin
Updated
11/30/2018Released
11/19/2014- Using automatic numbering for pages, sections, and chapters
- Using text variables for running headers
- Creating templates for InDesign, InCopy, and Word
- Formatting page elements with object styles
- Automating text formatting with nested styles and GREP styles
- Controlling color with swatches
- Building page elements with libraries and snippets
- Performing GREP find/changes
- Tracking changes
- Adding footnotes and indexes
- Using InDesign book files
- Preflighting documents
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome54s
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1. Long-Document Construction
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Setting up preferences4m 37s
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Using master pages8m 21s
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Using layers2m 51s
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Using text variables8m 27s
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Using section markers5m 5s
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Synchronizing text3m 18s
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2. Implementing a Workflow
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Preparing InDesign templates5m 23s
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Using Word templates5m 31s
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Using InCopy4m 36s
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3. Using Styles
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Using based-on styles5m 34s
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Using nested styles5m 49s
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Using GREP styles5m 47s
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Using object styles3m 14s
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Using tables and cell styles6m 18s
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Using swatches6m 10s
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Using Quick Apply4m 30s
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4. Building Layouts
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Placing text6m 37s
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Placing images5m 6s
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Creating metadata captions5m 31s
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Using GREP with Find/Change6m 22s
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Find/Change tips4m 28s
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5. Collaboration
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Using notes4m 30s
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Tracking changes4m 53s
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Creating a production manual4m 17s
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Creating a book map3m 31s
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6. Long-Document Infrastructure
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Creating footnotes7m 35s
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Creating endnotes7m 52s
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Importing footnotes2m 16s
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Importing endnotes1m 54s
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7. Indexing
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Generating an index3m 51s
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8. Working With InDesign Books
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Creating InDesign book files5m 15s
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Numbering book documents6m 3s
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Synchronizing book documents8m 20s
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Preflighting book documents4m 24s
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Outputting book documents3m 18s
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9. Outputting Long Documents
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Exporting to print PDF5m 27s
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Exporting to interactive PDF3m 19s
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Conclusion
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Next steps41s
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