Active Areas from Frame-Generated Index(es)

[Combs, Richard]

Eduardo F.Cidade Sr. wrote:
 
> Generating the index isn't a problem.  It's the resulting PDF....the
> linking area doesn't
> extend to the entire index entry....only the leader dots and page
> numbering.

This is the expected behavior for an index (except that indexes normally don't have leader dots). An index is an alphabetical list of index entries and the often multiple pages on which each entry occurs. Thus, only the page numbers are hyperlinked, since there may be multiple page numbers per entry. 

As for the leader dots being part of the active area: I've never seen an index set up that way, but I'm guessing that in the reference page IX flow (the index spec), the tab is inserted in the IndexIX paragraph, in front of <$pagenum>. It's the contents of the IndexIX paragraph that FM uses for to add the page numbers to each index entry. 

For what you seem to be trying to achieve, you may want to try an alphabetical list of markers (ALM) instead of an index. From the book window, select Add > List of > Markers (Alphabetical). 

Of course, you'll have to go to the reference pages and set up the ALM flow to format the list properly, defining a leader tab and inserting the tab between <$markertext> and <$pagenum>. But the hypertext marker in the generated list is at the beginning of each paragraph, so the entire entry (barring a font change) becomes a hot spot. 

Come to think of it, I'm not sure how or if you can do multiple levels -- but the fact that there is a Level1AML paragraph suggests it may be possible. Good luck experimenting! :-)


Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
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