[softwarelist] Re: IdxPro

In message <4ee34a8818john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
      John Harrison <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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> 
> Yes.  I discovered that trick, but there is a related, and worse problem.
> Having created an initial index, I and my co-author reviewed it.  So I want
> to go through the entries, changing some, deleting some and adding some.
> 
> I would like to be able to go directly to whichever entry needs attention -
> I know its page number.  But the only way I can get to it is to use the
> bump arrows to go all the way from the start.  To reduce this chore (I have
> a few hundred index entries) I try to scan the marked up index so I can
> make changes in page order.  That is a real chore, but breaks down as soon
> as ...
> 
> I add an entry. ........

Indeed. And I know having one index with over 1600 entries. I resorted 
to the following method:

Copy the index chapter to a new document (and do *not* at any time 
click on this document when you are working with the main document) 
and have it next to the main document where you are editing the index. 
Of course a 20" to 22" screen does help...

(A safer way is to copy the index into Fireworkz or Pipedream but then 
you lose some layout info.)

> The new entry is at the end of the list, so even if it is
> on page 27, the the bump arrows now only take me to the previous item
> added, which might be on page 5 or on page 142.

As I know from my first experiences. That is why I now start with 
colour coding.

If you have no colourcoding you can still add it. Create a style with 
a certain colour to be applied to a word only. I use F2 as shortcut. 
Now: click the IdxPro bumper key, click F2, click bumper key, click 
F2, etc.  Takes time, but does help.

> 
> I can't find a way round this, .....

Nor do I.


> It wasn't the manual, it was the example supplied, where index entries are
> shown in cyan.

??? Can you mail me that example directly.


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Greetings,
JohnvV

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