Manage an index
After you set up your index and add index markers to your document, you can manage your index in a variety of ways. You can view all index topics in a book, remove topics from the Topic list that aren’t used in the Reference list, find entries in either the Reference or Topics list, and remove index markers from the document.
View all index topics in a book
When the Book option is selected, the Index panel displays entries from the entire book, not just the current document.
- Open the book file and all of the documents it contains.
- Select Book at the top of the Index panel.
If others need to access documents in the book while the index is being created, you can create a master list of topics in a separate document, and then import topics from the master list to each document in the book. Note that if the master list changes, you will need to import topics to each document again.
Remove unused topics from the Topic list
Once you have created your index, you can delete topics that weren’t included in the index.
- Choose Window > Type & Tables > Index to display the Index panel.
- Choose Remove Unused Topics in the Index panel menu. All topics that do not have page numbers associated with them are deleted.
Delete index markers
Do either of the following:-
In the Index panel, select the entry or topic you want to delete. Click the Delete Selected Entry button
.Note: If the selected entry is the heading for multiple subheadings, all subheadings are also deleted. -
In the document window, select the index marker and press Backspace or Delete.
Find an index entry in the Index panel
- Choose Show Find Field in the Index panel menu.
- In the Find box, type the name of the entry you want to locate, and then click the Up Arrow or Down Arrow.
Locate index markers in a document
- Choose Type > Show Hidden Characters to display index markers in the document window.
- In the Index panel, click Reference, and then select the entry you want to locate.
- Choose Go To Selected Marker in the Index panel menu. The insertion point appears to the right of the index marker. You can then press Shift+Left Arrow to select the marker for cutting, copying, or deleting.