AfPub 2.1.1 - how to get section name in the Index

[UweN]

Hello,
There are several yearbooks in the book, for example. Each yearbook starts with page 1 and the section name is defined as the year, e.g. "2006-" (without quotation marks). The index should contain "2006-6" and not just "6", because the same keyword appears in several books. This was no problem for me with Indesign, but here I have a problem. Who can help me?
Regards, Uwe

[walt.farrell]

I don't see an option to do that in Publisher. You may need to let the page numbers continue through the yearbooks, rather than restarting each at 1.

[MikeTO]

Publisher lacks the "Include Prefix when Numbering Pages" option that you're likely referring to in InDesign. It's been requested before but the more requests the better. 🙂

 

[UweN]

Hello,
Thank you for your information. Unfortunately, the missing migration of the index from Indesign files and the missing section name in the index remain the only problems, which is why I still have to stay with Indesign CS6.
Thank you, Uwe

[MikeTO]

There's usually a way to hack a page layout app to make it do what you want since they are like Swiss army knives, so here's a workaround for the missing section prefix feature:

1. When adding an index entry, enter the section name into the index topic. For "John Smith" on page 27 in section "2006" enter "John SmithXXX2006".
2. Change the index separator from a tab to a hyphen.
3. After generating the index, Find and Replace "XXX" with a tab and replace all. This will result in "John Smith<tab>2006-27" which is exactly what you want.

The downside is you have to hardcode the section names into the index entries and you have to use replace all each time you update the index. It's the best I can think of offhand.

Cheers

[walt.farrell]

31 minutes ago, MikeTO said:

The downside is you have to hardcode the section names into the index entries and you have to use replace all each time you update the index. It's the best I can think of offhand.

Also, if John Smith is in sections 2006 and 2007, you will have completely separate entries in the index, rather than one John Smith with page entries of 2006-27 and 2007-15, or whatever.