Thank you so much for this and actually all of your videos. Just finished a 280 page, 14 chapter book for the first time. This has made the TOC and Index so much easier than trying to figure it out for myself.
Wow, you just saved me from redoing an index from scratch on a 235-page book. I knew there was a way to fix the index of a book when the pages had been re-arranged after the index had been done, but I couldn't find anywhere where it told you how it just needed to be regenerated to fix the new page numbers. Whew! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thanks Terry, I only just came across your channel. Great job. I think what some of the live onlookers were referring to was an existing list of words they picked from the content. Rather than adding them one-by-one (while knowing they exist), wouldn't it be convenient to just pour in that list and let Indesign do a bit of a batch job, working on one word after the other? Of course there would be more work to do to make things look shiny and to add cross references within the index etc.pp. But I can imagine it would save people a lot of work.
This was great, but I don't think this will work for what I need. Could you please advise me on how to handle a catalog? If I have a catalog of a couple thousand books and each book has to be in an index, one by Book Title and the other by Author, (each having their own Character/Paragraph style), how would you go about doing that?
Hi. I have a doozie. How do you make an index using all proper names in a book? I’m doing an athletics book and need to index all the athlete names. Tips? You seem to know a whole lot on the subject - but is there a good way to index names? Or will I need to go through the whole document and mark each name+surname with an index marker to be able to achieve this? It's a 350page book with about 2000 names... Your feedback will be so appreciated thanks.
I would love an answer to this as well. I am finishing up a freeze drying reference manual for home use and I have created or defined fairly new industry standard terms and definitions to this type of food preservation. So far the book is over 500 pages before inserting images, charts, and templates.
Great video. Thank you very much Terry. I have a question. What if I am writing a bio and I refer the subject by his first name at times his last name or even his nickname. How do it link them together? Plus, what if I have two people with the same name. How do link them separately? Thank you so much for your time.
Warm greetings to Mr. Terry White Thank you for your compassionate and complete training and I hope you are always healthy can I ask a question How can I move a footnote to the right of the page in another frame and separate it from the original text?
Does this work when you create a book with multiple documents? I have ten chapters, each are different files combined into the book and I want to have one index that references all those chapters. How do I do that?
Great video! I haven't worked with indexes so this was a big help. I did want to point out a potential issue users may run into... Note that InDesign generates the index in its own text frame. If you leave the frame as is, the Replace Existing Index checkbox is available to perform updates. However, if you flow the index into the rest of the document, then add new entries and try to update these, the Replace Existing Index checkbox will be grayed out.
Hi Terry, thanks for this wonderful tut on indexing. I have a question. Are index markers similar to footnotes that when you export the InDesign file to an epub, the tags will be carried over also to the resulting eBook? Or I have to manually create the index entries on the eBook?
Man, this is an amazing video, you just saved me from doing all the work by hand! It's very clear and step by step. I've suscribed to your channel, and I'll be eager for more tips. Thanks, and keep up the good work! Thanks!
This is the BEST, clearest video on creating an Index, and I laughed out loud several times. Thank you so much. Creating our first book now. Do you have any videos on self publishing on Amazon?
First of all, thanks. You did a very nice job here: good, amicable and clear explanation. I noticed that when you generated the index, you generated a new text box. I have an issue with this because I would like the index to flow with the rest of the book text, so that if the content was expanded, the index would also move along the book. Is this possible? I had the same issue with the tables of content, which I had to select and cut in order to insert them inside the main book text, thus losing its update capabilities. : (
This is great. thanks terry. I'm having a few issues with references showing all the pages the INDEXed word is on - it only shows the word on the index? - but when i search on the pdf if shows up on 4 othere pages... NB i also created the index in word - and adding the entries in as such.
Hello Terry, great video, I have a question, I need to generate an index but the issue is if I select this words as index for example: 1-103 it generates any phrase that contains 1-103 and for example 1-103(b), etc, how can I tell indesign to find just this word 1-103?
Sir I love your Teaching style. I want to ask you in Index panel there is a Import Topic option what is the use of this option or there is any other way to import all words in one go for Index entry
Terry, thank you very much. Is there a way to generate a list of all the words in a document, in my case a rather long one, that i can then print and choose from? Also, your explanation was great! How do I find past material and how do I sign up for your ongoing presentations?
Can I use paragraph styles to pull the index entries from? I have paragraph styled all the things I want in the index the same. Also, I want the index to have the page numbers spaced from the topic to the right side of the column that is created. What entry separator do I use?
Hi Terry, I've watched your awesome video, but one question remains. For example, how do I index "Hand 3, 5" whereas in both instances on the text I have to highlight the same exact word. ID will not make duplicates. What is the workaround?
Is there any way if you have an index of words, each line separated by a paragraph return to enter these all at once in the index, or do I have to do it line by line?
Hello sir...nice explaination! is it possible that we will have any way to create index in a click . We have a list of topics. We don't want to add one to one words.
hi i have a question, at the Index alphabetic order, if I work at an other language, I places all letters to "Symbol" instead to each letter A, B etc. in my language. How can I fix that?
Brilliant tutorial, Terry, thank you so much! One question: Is there any way to index an entry under the same name, regardless of whether the first letter is capitalised? For example, I have the words 'Altcoin' and 'altcoin'. It seems I have to index these seperately in order to get all the page references included! Thanks for your time. Regards, Steve
When you export to ebook, it will keep the index so it is clickable in the ebook. There is a step for flowable a epub without pages numbers, or leave the page numbers in for a fixed-page ebook. See the InDesign instructions under the InDesign Help, type index (not tutorials); helpx.adobe.com/indesign/user-guide.html/indesign/using/creating-index.ug.html
Okay, one more issue. I have a number of additional index topics I wish to add. How do I avoid what happened before. It was obviously how I entered them, but what happened and how can I keep from doing it again?
I want to create two index lists in one document. The first index list should be with personal names, while the second index list should be with the name of geographical places. How do I do that? In Ventura Publisher I can do this very easily. But in Indesign I do not know how.
Sir, I created an index to my book. Can we remove all index entry at once for create a new one (or one by one). Sir one more doubt. I have to create a scientific index in addition to ordinary index. Can we do it in same file. Help me !
I am having an issue with the index. When I update my book with new pages, or if I move the pages around, the index doesn't add the additional reference instances or the page numbers when I click update preview. What am I doing wrong? Is there a way to do this, or do I have to reindex the entire book?
Hi.. White I got a problem with the numbering page, when I activated the current page number, it just appears S Letter on all pages, so I'm in trouble.. please its CC 2020
If I have index at the end of my document (page 290), how do I search a specific word from the beginning of the text document? A pressed a button add all but it only shows words from page 290 ahead.
HELLO, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON VERY LARGE BOOK AND NEEDED TO TRIPLE INDEX. I COPIED THE WORK INTO THREE(3) DIFFERENT FOLDERS SO I COULD INDEX SEPARATELY, TO MY AMAZEMENT AFTER INDEXING ONE, WHEN I OPEN THE OTHERS THEY WERE ALL SIMILARLY INDEX. WHEN A FINALLY FOUND THIS FORUM I TRIED YOUR METHOD OF (How to Remove All the Index Entries) AND EVERY WAS TOTALLY RESET. PLEASE HELP. WHAT DID I NOT RIGHT? IS THER A WAY TO RESTORE THE OTHERS THAT I DID NOT RESET? EVEN THE BACKUP THAT I COPIED INTO THE FLASH DRIVE IS NOT DISPLAYING THE INDEXED WORK. AND I USE INDESIGN CC 2015. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN. THANKS.
The tutorial covers the first level, so to speak, but Terry, can you please provide a bit more clarification? In the video at 11:24 to 11:39 you index "brushes", and "mixer brushes". Thus, the "mixer brush", yes, is in B, not M, but isn't under brushes. How do you get mixer brushes to show physically under brushes, or to show as "brushes, mixer"? That is is really the optimal index listing, not has you leave it with mixer brushes in the B section. If this is not possible, then let us know up front, so we don't search in vain. From 11:18 to 11:34 you state that all future entries placed in B will end up after brushes, like even "banana"? Why would we want that? It's the ordering aspect that this tutorial just hints at, but then leaves us stranded, or doesn't warn us that further ordering refinement just is not possible.
You use the cursor to be next to the name in your text where it says "Terry White", but then in the reference/topic line for the index, just type "White, Terry". Thus the book reads Terry White on the page, but the index reads, White, Terry.
Love Terry, but he's just started and shown he doesn't know what he's talking about. I'm trying to find the video that shows InD indexing isn't crap. No faith. Will skim, just in case.
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Thank you so much for this and actually all of your videos. Just finished a 280 page, 14 chapter book for the first time. This has made the TOC and Index so much easier than trying to figure it out for myself.
This has been so helpful! I appreciate you keeping the content available for us late comers. Thank you!
Wow, you just saved me from redoing an index from scratch on a 235-page book. I knew there was a way to fix the index of a book when the pages had been re-arranged after the index had been done, but I couldn't find anywhere where it told you how it just needed to be regenerated to fix the new page numbers. Whew! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Thanks Terry, I only just came across your channel. Great job. I think what some of the live onlookers were referring to was an existing list of words they picked from the content. Rather than adding them one-by-one (while knowing they exist), wouldn't it be convenient to just pour in that list and let Indesign do a bit of a batch job, working on one word after the other? Of course there would be more work to do to make things look shiny and to add cross references within the index etc.pp. But I can imagine it would save people a lot of work.
This was great, but I don't think this will work for what I need. Could you please advise me on how to handle a catalog? If I have a catalog of a couple thousand books and each book has to be in an index, one by Book Title and the other by Author, (each having their own Character/Paragraph style), how would you go about doing that?
Hi. I have a doozie. How do you make an index using all proper names in a book? I’m doing an athletics book and need to index all the athlete names. Tips?
You seem to know a whole lot on the subject - but is there a good way to index names? Or will I need to go through the whole document and mark each name+surname with an index marker to be able to achieve this? It's a 350page book with about 2000 names... Your feedback will be so appreciated thanks.
I would love an answer to this as well. I am finishing up a freeze drying reference manual for home use and I have created or defined fairly new industry standard terms and definitions to this type of food preservation. So far the book is over 500 pages before inserting images, charts, and templates.
Great video. Thank you very much Terry. I have a question. What if I am writing a bio and I refer the subject by his first name at times his last name or even his nickname. How do it link them together? Plus, what if I have two people with the same name. How do link them separately? Thank you so much for your time.
Warm greetings to Mr. Terry White Thank you for your compassionate and complete training and I hope you are always healthy can I ask a question How can I move a footnote to the right of the page in another frame and separate it from the original text?
Loved this video - SUPER helpful! Does indexing work across document files contained within a book file?
Yes it does.
Does this work when you create a book with multiple documents? I have ten chapters, each are different files combined into the book and I want to have one index that references all those chapters. How do I do that?
I just love your videos. Thank you. You are a god send.
Great video! I haven't worked with indexes so this was a big help. I did want to point out a potential issue users may run into...
Note that InDesign generates the index in its own text frame. If you leave the frame as is, the Replace Existing Index checkbox is available to perform updates. However, if you flow the index into the rest of the document, then add new entries and try to update these, the Replace Existing Index checkbox will be grayed out.
Hi Terry, thanks for this wonderful tut on indexing. I have a question. Are index markers similar to footnotes that when you export the InDesign file to an epub, the tags will be carried over also to the resulting eBook? Or I have to manually create the index entries on the eBook?
Am grateful 🌹, this is has been very useful and easy to understand. Thank you 🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬
Man, this is an amazing video, you just saved me from doing all the work by hand! It's very clear and step by step. I've suscribed to your channel, and I'll be eager for more tips. Thanks, and keep up the good work! Thanks!
This is the BEST, clearest video on creating an Index, and I laughed out loud several times. Thank you so much. Creating our first book now. Do you have any videos on self publishing on Amazon?
First of all, thanks. You did a very nice job here: good, amicable and clear explanation. I noticed that when you generated the index, you generated a new text box. I have an issue with this because I would like the index to flow with the rest of the book text, so that if the content was expanded, the index would also move along the book. Is this possible? I had the same issue with the tables of content, which I had to select and cut in order to insert them inside the main book text, thus losing its update capabilities. : (
Thank you, truly a clear, comprehensive video for what is necessary for me, which gave an answer to my questions. Ggm
This is great. thanks terry. I'm having a few issues with references showing all the pages the INDEXed word is on - it only shows the word on the index? - but when i search on the pdf if shows up on 4 othere pages... NB i also created the index in word - and adding the entries in as such.
Hi! How to create two index, one for names and one for subject?
Hello Terry, great video, I have a question, I need to generate an index but the issue is if I select this words as index for example: 1-103 it generates any phrase that contains 1-103 and for example 1-103(b), etc, how can I tell indesign to find just this word 1-103?
That was great!! Finally I understood how cross-reference works
Sir I love your Teaching style. I want to ask you in Index panel there is a Import Topic option what is the use of this option or there is any other way to import all words in one go for Index entry
Terry, thank you very much. Is there a way to generate a list of all the words in a document, in my case a rather long one, that i can then print and choose from? Also, your explanation was great! How do I find past material and how do I sign up for your ongoing presentations?
I need to watch this video at least 10 times to understand this complex mechanism 😅😅
Hello stalwart ..
Thank you. I liked the video and therefore I instantly subscribed!
It's a very good explanation.
Great!...Now how can I add singular and plural words under one main entry in the index...
This was a FANTASTIC video! THANK YOU!
Can I use paragraph styles to pull the index entries from? I have paragraph styled all the things I want in the index the same. Also, I want the index to have the page numbers spaced from the topic to the right side of the column that is created. What entry separator do I use?
Did you find any solution? I have the same question...
I have this same question.
Thank you, your video very helpfull ! God bless you
Hi Terry, I've watched your awesome video, but one question remains. For example, how do I index "Hand 3, 5" whereas in both instances on the text I have to highlight the same exact word. ID will not make duplicates. What is the workaround?
Is there any way if you have an index of words, each line separated by a paragraph return to enter these all at once in the index, or do I have to do it line by line?
Hello sir...nice explaination! is it possible that we will have any way to create index in a click . We have a list of topics. We don't want to add one to one words.
Very helpful, clear explanations. Thank you!
Thank you very much, this is exactly what I needed! And your explanations are very clear!
Impressive presentation!
Thanks! Really helpful.
hi i have a question, at the Index alphabetic order, if I work at an other language, I places all letters to "Symbol" instead to each letter A, B etc. in my language. How can I fix that?
Brilliant tutorial, Terry, thank you so much! One question: Is there any way to index an entry under the same name, regardless of whether the first letter is capitalised? For example, I have the words 'Altcoin' and 'altcoin'. It seems I have to index these seperately in order to get all the page references included! Thanks for your time. Regards, Steve
There's a very good tutorial on how to do this on LinkedIn Learning - you can do it through the find/change feature.
Solved half of my problem, did a find and replace with nothing for 522 and it worked. But can't get rid of the dash.
Is there a way to link the page number back to the index reference in the body, for ebook export? So that the index is clickable?
When you export to ebook, it will keep the index so it is clickable in the ebook. There is a step for flowable a epub without pages numbers, or leave the page numbers in for a fixed-page ebook. See the InDesign instructions under the InDesign Help, type index (not tutorials); helpx.adobe.com/indesign/user-guide.html/indesign/using/creating-index.ug.html
Okay, one more issue. I have a number of additional index topics I wish to add. How do I avoid what happened before. It was obviously how I entered them, but what happened and how can I keep from doing it again?
Superb. Great layout. Looking nice.
I want to create two index lists in one document. The first index list should be with personal names, while the second index list should be with the name of geographical places. How do I do that?
In Ventura Publisher I can do this very easily. But in Indesign I do not know how.
Sir,
I created an index to my book. Can we remove all index entry at once for create a new one (or one by one).
Sir one more doubt. I have to create a scientific index in addition to ordinary index. Can we do it in same file.
Help me !
I am having an issue with the index. When I update my book with new pages, or if I move the pages around, the index doesn't add the additional reference instances or the page numbers when I click update preview. What am I doing wrong? Is there a way to do this, or do I have to reindex the entire book?
Amazing video. Explained so clearly. Thank you so much..:)
A follow-up on my question. I tried a find and replace, putting -522 for find and nothing for replace. Said it couldn't find it.
hi I followed the steps for this up to the part where you insert the index page, I done the lettering but the only words showing is index page
Hi.. White I got a problem with the numbering page, when I activated the current page number, it just appears S Letter on all pages, so I'm in trouble.. please its CC 2020
If I have index at the end of my document (page 290), how do I search a specific word from the beginning of the text document? A pressed a button add all but it only shows words from page 290 ahead.
What am I doing wrong? All of my Index entries give a range rather than the specific pages the word is on. Help please!
That was extremely helpful. Thanks a lot!!!!!
How do you do multiple files using the Book Feature
Found this and solved my problem - and I'm absolute beginner redokun.com/blog/indesign-book#create-indesign-book
Amazing thank you Terry.
Can you do an idea by numbers (like product numbers)?
HELLO, I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON VERY LARGE BOOK AND NEEDED TO TRIPLE INDEX. I COPIED THE WORK INTO THREE(3) DIFFERENT FOLDERS SO I COULD INDEX SEPARATELY, TO MY AMAZEMENT AFTER INDEXING ONE, WHEN I OPEN THE OTHERS THEY WERE ALL SIMILARLY INDEX. WHEN A FINALLY FOUND THIS FORUM I TRIED YOUR METHOD OF (How to Remove All the Index Entries) AND EVERY WAS TOTALLY RESET. PLEASE HELP. WHAT DID I NOT RIGHT? IS THER A WAY TO RESTORE THE OTHERS THAT I DID NOT RESET? EVEN THE BACKUP THAT I COPIED INTO THE FLASH DRIVE IS NOT DISPLAYING THE INDEXED WORK. AND I USE INDESIGN CC 2015. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN. THANKS.
Hi, can you please help me, my URL option is not showing in hyperlink panel I can see only cross-references there.
The tutorial covers the first level, so to speak, but Terry, can you please provide a bit more clarification? In the video at 11:24 to 11:39 you index "brushes", and "mixer brushes". Thus, the "mixer brush", yes, is in B, not M, but isn't under brushes. How do you get mixer brushes to show physically under brushes, or to show as "brushes, mixer"? That is is really the optimal index listing, not has you leave it with mixer brushes in the B section. If this is not possible, then let us know up front, so we don't search in vain. From 11:18 to 11:34 you state that all future entries placed in B will end up after brushes, like even "banana"? Why would we want that? It's the ordering aspect that this tutorial just hints at, but then leaves us stranded, or doesn't warn us that further ordering refinement just is not possible.
can someone explain why i don't have the "add-all" button when trying to add the topics? is there an alternative way to do this
2 months late but, you need to highlight the word first and not just type a topic.
How to bring surname first like Terry White, may be White, Terry?
You use the cursor to be next to the name in your text where it says "Terry White", but then in the reference/topic line for the index, just type "White, Terry". Thus the book reads Terry White on the page, but the index reads, White, Terry.
Thank you so much!
Excelente.
Love Terry, but he's just started and shown he doesn't know what he's talking about. I'm trying to find the video that shows InD indexing isn't crap. No faith. Will skim, just in case.
Thank you
Thank you very much !