Interior Book Design Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Hi, Am I right in assuming that it should be possible to create an Index in Publisher and that Publisher should import index entries (XE fields) from Word, nicely? Because, I've been trying to import some Word documents with XE entries into Publisher but have not yet been able to create any index at all. In one case, only 3 entries out of about a hundred had been created, in all other cases, nothing had happened at all. BTW: In all those cases, PagePlus imported my index entries quickly and properly and, of course, so did InDesign. Best Johann Win 7, APub 1.7.3. 481 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 29 minutes ago, Interior Book Design said: Am I right in assuming that it should be possible to create an Index in Publisher and that Publisher should import index entries (XE fields) from Word, nicely? Yes, you can create an Index in Publisher. Serif have never said that importation of XE entries is supported, though. It may be, or it may not. Though if some are being handled, that tends to suggest that they should be supported. Are you importing RTF or DOCX files? Serif have said that the DOCX importer is newer, and supports more features than the RTF importer in Publisher. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interior Book Design Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 Thanks for your answer, Walt, I appreciate your excellent knowledge. What a pity. I'm using the DOCX importer -- by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted November 12, 2019 Staff Share Posted November 12, 2019 Can you upload one of the files here please. I'll look into this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interior Book Design Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share Posted November 16, 2019 Done. This example works well in PP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Pauls Posted November 18, 2019 Staff Share Posted November 18, 2019 I've logged an issue for this - thanks for the report and file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Patrick Connor Posted December 3, 2019 Staff Share Posted December 3, 2019 We have made fixes/improvements to this area (Docx - index entries not being imported) of the program in the latest Affinity Publisher beta. If you would like to try these changes the beta software is available in the forum posts listed below. Once Affinity Publisher has been through a full beta process the change will be released in a future free 1.8.0 update to all customers. The 1.8.0 builds are in links at the top of these beta forum posts Affinity Publisher 1.8.0.518 for Windows Affinity Publisher 1.8.0.518 for macOS Quote Patrick Connor Serif Europe Ltd Latest V2 releases on each platform Help make our apps better by joining our beta program! "There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your previous self." W. L. Sheldon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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