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Ryn · 12-07-2020, 10:51 AM

Just a trip report from my first foray with the LiveIndex script I purchased.

For those who don't want to read through the whole thread to recall what it did again, it's an Indesign plugin that asks you where the Index begins, which entries to include, and what the intended output is (epub or PDF). Then it takes a while to link up every index reference to the top of its page referent.

I have used it on one 4k+ entry index, and this worked really well.

My only gripe with the script would be that it just heaps anchor tags on top of eachother. I'd much prefer it to check for the presence of an anchor and then use that, instead of polluting the document with 20-odd anchor tags in some cases.

Other than that, it's been really worthwhile, so far.

12-07-2020, 10:51 AM	#48
Ryn Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: none	Just a trip report from my first foray with the LiveIndex script I purchased. For those who don't want to read through the whole thread to recall what it did again, it's an Indesign plugin that asks you where the Index begins, which entries to include, and what the intended output is (epub or PDF). Then it takes a while to link up every index reference to the top of its page referent. I have used it on one 4k+ entry index, and this worked really well. My only gripe with the script would be that it just heaps anchor tags on top of eachother. I'd much prefer it to check for the presence of an anchor and then use that, instead of polluting the document with 20-odd anchor tags in some cases. Other than that, it's been really worthwhile, so far.