How Do I Create Alphabetical List?

[Roger Bell]

Outstanding. I used your first workaround and it works like a charm. 
 
But you are right that it would be a nice feature request for Adobe to
add. Hope some of their folks are on this list and will take note.
 
Thanks so much.
 
Regards,
Roger Bell
Technical Writer
VCG Software, Inc.
http://www.vcgsoftware.com <http://www.vcgsoftware.com/> 
(770) 246-2300 x1181
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	From: Yves Barbion [mailto:yves.barbion at gmail.com] 
	Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 10:33 AM
	To: Roger Bell
	Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
	Subject: Re: How Do I Create Alphabetical List?
	
	
	You're welcome, Roger.
	
	Well, you're next question is a nice feature request. ;-) 
	
	However, there are two workarounds:
	
	Workaround 1
	

	1.	In your FM source document, type the letters of the
alphabet, each of them in a separate paragraph and give them a dedicated
paragraph tag, for example H0. You can make them white or put them in a
separate text frame outside the print area (or put a white rectangle on
top of them). 
	2.	Generate the alphabetical paragraph list and include H0.
H0 will have the paragraph tag H0APL in the alphabetical paragraph list.

	3.	You can change the reference page, so that the
<$pagenum> is omitted for H0APL. 
	4.	Modify the H0APL paragraph tag, so that they look like
Group Titles of an index.


	Workaround 2: use custom markers and Index Generator (IXGen) 
	

	1.	Create a custom marker, for example "report". 
	2.	Use Index Generator to put report markers on all H2
headings. 
	3.	Generate an index of report markers (IOM). There, you
will automatically have Group Titles. 

	I've done this with no less than 21 different types of markers
and it worked like a charm.
	
	For more information about Index Generator:
http://www.fsatools.com/
	
	Good luck and best regards
	
	Yves Barbion 
	Documentation Architect
	Adobe-Certified FrameMaker Instructor
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	On 3/8/07, Roger Bell <RBell at vcgsoftware.com> wrote: 

		Thanks so much. That worked. One more question: Is it
possible to automatically create headings as you might have in an index,
such as A, B, C, etc. so that the results will group by these headings?
Or is that a manual step I need to take?
		 
		Regards,
		Roger Bell
		Technical Writer
		VCG Software, Inc.
		http://www.vcgsoftware.com <http://www.vcgsoftware.com/>

		(770) 246-2300 x1181
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			From: Yves Barbion
[mailto:yves.barbion at gmail.com] 
			Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 9:52 AM
			To: Roger Bell
			Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
			Subject: Re: How Do I Create Alphabetical List?
			
			
			Yes you can, Roger.
			
			Add > List of > Elements & Paragraphs
(Alphabetical) > Include Heading 2 > Add.
			
			There you go.
			
			
			
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