Comments on: InDesign CS3 Book Indexing Bug

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:05:46 +0000

I’m trying to index a book that has prefixes for numbered pages, for example 1-1 would be page one and so on. When I generated an index, it only displayed the page number and not the prefix, is there any way around this?

By: LG

LG — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:00:58 +0000

We’ve experienced the same problem — By updating to the newest version (5.0.3, I believe) the panels return.

By: STUART ROSS

STUART ROSS — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:52:06 +0000

CRAZY BUG INDESIGN CS3 ????

My pages & layers tool bar/window has gone blank - I cant see any of my pages as a plan view and the usual list of layers isnt there? My work on the actual main stage is all there, but without these very usefull tools? I have re-installed the program but still this is happening… I have actually no idea how when using the program for months its all ok then poof!!! its gone?

Can you pro’s help?

Stu

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:48:49 +0000

I am generating an index for a book and in most cases where I have multiple pages for an entry, they do not come out when I generate the index. In cases where it does show more than one page reference, they come out in reverse order.

I do not have CS2, so can’t use the workaround described.

By: shankar

shankar — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:42:23 +0000

Try importing your word document rather than cut and paste.

To import a text file:
1. If you want to import the text into an existing frame or type path, click in it. To flow text into the master text frame, press Command+Shift (Mac OS) or Ctrl+Shift (Windows) to select it. Otherwise, make sure no objects are selected.
2. Choose File > Place. Ask to show import options and make sure the box for index is checked.
3. To generate Index,
Window > Type and Tables > Index and the Index box will appear. Generate Index.

This worked well for me

By: Lyn

Lyn — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:31:21 +0000

I have typeset a 340 page document that I have to index. The document is basically a list of chemicals that have to be indexed. The final generated index has about 5000 entries so is a huge job. I’ve done the document in InDesign CS3 but because of the problems with the index generating, when it was finished I saved it as an .inx format and generated the index from CS2. So far so good. Trouble is none of the cross references came across. I have done this job for the last 15 years (originally in Pagemaker) but since I have been doing it in InDesign I have had to key in the cross references (in my final typeset copy) because they don’t come through on the index palette. Some come across okay, but 90% of them don’t show at all. This time I have keyed them all into the cross reference palette box but can’t see any way of checking them, they don’t show up as a visible entry. When my client makes alterations to the cross references I can’t edit them, because I can’t see them. Can you help with any suggestions. This year the client has asked for the InDesign file to be converted to a Word doc, with all index entries included, but I don’t think the cross references are going to show if they generate an index. I would really appreciate any help because this has been a bugbear for years. Thanks. Appreciate the help.

By: James

James — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:31:15 +0000

I have the same problem that Alex has. I have upgraded and to no avail. Nor can I get the book to document script to work.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:24:37 +0000

Zervas, I’ve downloaded the Win 5.0.2 update and installed it but still have the same indexing problem.
Alex

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:53:57 +0000

How do I upgrade? I’m using CS3 Version 5.0. Thanks.

By: Zervas

Zervas — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:44:15 +0000

InDesign CS3, As shipped, doesn’t work well with book indexes. I’d recommend upgrading. If that doesn’t work let me know.
-zervas