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Originally Posted by Toxaris
No, there is currently no tool that does this. You have to do this manually. Be aware, an ePUB has no real pagenumbers, so you have to think on something else to reference to.
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Hi,
Thanks. This confirms what I was thinking.
As far as I can see the only way to have a meaningful index is to use the one from the printed book and create an anchor (is this the correct term), using the original page number, so that when the reader "clicks" the index page number it takes them to the start of where the original page was. Then they would have to scan the text for the reference they are seeking, in much the same way as it is done with the printed book.
My next question is how would you code the old page number into the text, so that it is unseen, since most will inevitably land in the middle of sentences, then link back to the index file?
I'm using an ascii editor to input the html before dropping this coded text into Sigil.
Many thanks,
John.