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Article #186Re: Can I build a TOC or Index based on Objects (not words or styles)?
From: Peter_Spier
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:11
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:11
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I haven't written it up yet, but I've been thinking a lot about "Index to Advertiser" creation strategies, and I've come up with the following general strategy. 1. Create a unique paragraph style to use only for ad tags. 2. For every ad add a grouped (so it will move with the ad), NON-PRINTING, text frame, and type the advertiser name as you want it to appear in the TOC (advertiser indexes are really a second TOC). If you want to sort by service area or something like that: 3. Create a numeric hierarchy for the various areas and use the number to start each ad tag, followed by something like an em or en space that isn't going to be the first character of any text you want to keep. You can use a GREP search after you make the TOC to remove the heirarchy numbers and the delimiter (could even be a Tab, I suppose). When you create the TOC you need to include non-printing frames in the search. This is not yet tested, so you can be a guinea pig and let me know how it works. Peter
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