Indexing front matter
Nancy Allison
maker at verizon.net
Thu Jan 13 12:13:41 PST 2011
Hi, all.
My manuals use chapter numbering, so an index entry for page 3 of chapter 5 comes out like this:
Apple pie recipe, 5-3
The front matter has roman numerals with no prefixes, so a reference to Technical Support in the Preface should look like this:
Technical Support, xiii
However, because the Index marker set up on the Reference page assumes there is a chapter number prefix for every entry, the Technical Reference Support looks like this:
4-xiii, or 1-xiii, or 0-xiii
depending on how I set the numbering property.
I know I could solve the problem by moving to straight-through numbering, or by moving the Tech Support information to some other location in a regular chapter, but there are problems with both these solutions. Right now, I want to stick with figuring out how to use Frame correctly to create the entry I want, which would be
Tech Support, xiii
I know how to set up a new IX format in the Reference page of the Index, which would use only the <$pagenum> variable.
What I can't figure out is, how do I assign that format to the Preface entry only?
Thanks for all suggestions.
--Nancy
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