Retain character formatting in index entries

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2 total messages Started by Frederick_Choate Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:14

#16

Author: Frederick_Choate
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 08:14

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I would like to see italicized words that are marked in the text as index entries be able to retain their formatting. With sub-entries, I found a work-around by enclosing the text in <>, then using a GREP Find and Change to italicize what was between the brackets (after generating the index). Unfortunately, if you place <> in main entries, the topic is pushed to the Symbols area and must then be manually inserted in alphabetic order after you generate the index. I'm not sure why the sub-entries remain in alphabetic order, but at least that does allow for the GREP solution. Even clunky old MS Word retains the formatting for index entries -- bold, italics, bold italics -- but not ID, which usually does things so much better.

Re: Retain character formatting in index entries

#17

Author: Frederick_Choate
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:32

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A little embarrassed -- I found a work-around for the main entries. Having placed <> around the main entry, in the "Sort by" column I placed the same entry without the <>. It then is placed in correct alphabetical order when I generate the index, after which I use the GREP Find and Change to italicize the entries (and sub-entries). It still would be nice to retain formatting when you tag the index entries in the main body, but I can survive as is.

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