Two-column index

[eric.dunn at ca.transport.bombardier.com]

Niels Fanøe <NFA at maconomy.dk> wrote on 09/27/2006 07:55:13 AM:
> As far as I can see, there is no way of doing this. I can apply a 
> master page on the index heading, but that only covers the page on 
> which the heading is situated, not the subsequent pages. I made a 
> script which can reformat the text frame from a certain point 
> onwards, but since the document is part of a book, adding or 
> deleting pages elsewhere in the book will shift the whole thing - in
> short, it's a nightmare to maintain!

Firstly, you can apply master pages to all left and right pages after the 
index heading. The range indicator can be either Single, Span pages, or 
Until changed.

As for Indices that are part of the flow. Ugh.

Chapter page numbering would eliminate the problem. Multiple indices for a 
book that numbers the pages throughout seems bizarre. If the book must be 
page numbered sequentially throughout, I'd be tempted to build the indices 
by script and formed with Xrefs, not generated files with hyperlinks. At 
least then, once generated, changes to pages would be corrected with one 
update.

Other than that, why are you "importing" the indices? The index files 
should just be included in the master book as well as the individual 
document book files used to generate them. Twice round with the generation 
should ensure that the page numbers are all correct. Just ensure that 
numbering and pagination etc are only updated in the master book and that 
the individual document book files only generate the index files. If the 
indices (or are we really talking about TOCs?) must be incorporated in the 
document files, use text insets.

Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer

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