InDesign cs6 Indexing - Tutorial on how to create an Index for your Book!

[@MarcodigitalBrasil]

I simply loved his explanation! I am Brazilian and I speak little English. And although you have the German accent (it seemed to me), his way of explaining was very good, really. Got it in practice more than 80% of the things you said. This is a challenge for me because I have difficulty understanding English when people talk a little faster. With you, it was great! Another important point is your personal position because you are very friendly and pleasant in their explanations. Congratulations!

[@heinrichmalina1395]

Very happy! Sehr gut erklärt, sehr übersichtlich ... viele wichtige Tipps und Hinweise ... Außerdem sehr mutig, eine Video in einer Sprache zu machen, die nicht die Muttersprache ist. Hut ab! Ganz herzlichen Dank! Und gutes Gelingen bei GIS & Co ... ist ja auch eine recht komplexe Welt!

[@KPMDesign]

You have a good manner and approach: relaxed, but not boring. Thanks for putting this together.

[@TheTrekker80]

This is a tough subject and you do a great job trying to teach it to me. Plus your little joke at the end really made me laugh. Thankyou for this!

[@CapitánPlopópotro]

Niemand besser als ein Deutscher, Ordnung zu erklären ; ) Danke sehr!

[@alfredcalleja450]

Hi unluckylion, Thank you for a very well presented tutorial. I found it to be invaluable. I'm about to create an index for a friend who has researched a topic and written a 400 page document on it. I have never used InDesign before so your video has made it possible for me to help him out. Kind Regards, Alfred

[@big_boy_bobo]

Very helpful! Clearly explained and nicely presented, a very good tutorial. I watched all your InDesign tutorials and I recommend them to every newbie like me, I learned a lot. Thanks so much and keep up the good work!

[@JCLFA]

Beautiful, logical, intelligent, supremely helpful!! Thank you.

[@russsmith5267]

Nice Job on a Tough Subject! Tomorrow, I will get into it and learn on my own from your excellent guidance. I have a much better idea and confidence now after watching your video. I appreciate your posting this. It definitely will be a big help. Best Regards, Russ

[@SuzannaKiraly]

Thanks for giving so much information. This was much more helpful than reading info by Adobe on how to do the indexing.

[@beatriztannuri5093]

Hey! Thank you soo much for this video! I really like your explatation and your way to show every thing. See you in the next video :)

[@novapq77]

Thanks so much for your well explained index video. It will help me a lot right now I am creating a 1450 catalog and need to start working on it. As you menthion its not so nice to do it but Adobe InDesing Help a lot. Thanks again for your nice help sharing this.

[@belladiagramacao]

Very good! Thanks so much, your tutorial helps me a lot!

[@VascoElbrecht]

Hello Alfred, thank you for your comment. I'm happy I could help!

[@rob64z]

Als Amerikaner der InDesign und auch deutsch gerne liebt, vielen Dank!

[@rogervize]

Very well presented ... Easy to follow your tutes and a pleasure listening to your 'German English' :-) thanks

[@shobalmani1]

Very nicely explained. Great German accent too.

[@erdogankocak]

thank you for the very helpful lesson

[@joannawie]

Very nice and useful. Thx a lot !!

[@maellec.7034]

Thank you for this video, it was very useful

[@markchristianshaw]

Thank you. This was well thought out and explained.

[@VascoElbrecht]

I'm happy that you like it ^^thank you for your nice comment = )

[@shampakabi127]

Extremely helpful tips ! thanks :)

[@andersonpiresaires3844]

Thank you! Do you know if is possible to generate two different index in the same book with different informations?

[@teresaturner4667]

Thank you. That was very helpful.

[@TorontoIam]

Your tuts are wonderful...thanks!

[@patriciodezalot]

Thank you so much! This was really helpfull!

[@VascoElbrecht]

hello, yes! You can place the image in a text frame. then link to the image by putting a marker for the index right behind the image. I hope that helps = )

[@lemonakis]

As always clear and into the point tutorial. Thank you very much. One question though: can I also do this hyperlink connection after exporting to a PDF for endnotes? I know that InDesign works flawlessly with footnotes, but endnotes is a total pain...

[@mszaryJ]

Thank you for the sharing. In here year 2019. Good Job! I am from Malaysia.

[@volkerjanssen7905]

Hi Lucky Lion. Thanks for this introduction to indexing. I've translated a 200page illustrated book about music and the original already has about 1000 words indexed. I wonder if there is a way for InDesign to search certain words that appear more than once and to place the page numbers, comma separated behind the one index entry. Do I have to go to each singe place manually and add the entry or can I tell Indesign to do the job for me?

[@mrparker4597]

This is what I want to know! Did you find a way?

[@volkerjanssen7905]

@@mrparker4597 no, i haven't. i had to do it all manually. sorry...

[@LEDLightsFL]

When I create my index as you describe, it works flawlessly! However, my index is of part numbers which consist of letters and numbers so when I use the script to sort the entries cronologically, it includes the numbers which are part of the part number and sorts things completely wrong. Is there a way to look at the part number as a WHOLE then sort cronilogical by page number?

[@lfcorullon]

Do you know if there is a way to create thumb indexes in InDesign? Thanks!

[@SALAKIDOU]

Can I create two different indexes one for names and one for terms (separate)?

[@24murielle]

Hi unluckylion. Thank you for ur great support. I just want to ask you if i have a book lets say something looking like an annual book where the 400 pages only have names of graduate people with a brief for a each one.. how can i make an index at the end of the book where i can only have the 100000 names sorted alphatically with the number of page where each name is. Can you help me with this. Thanks a lot

[@BagusSetiyaAdiGunawan]

thank you, very helpfull, god bless you

[@priscilaexperimentacoes3300]

Hello there, I've watched your awesome video, but one question remains. For example, how do I index "Hand 3, 5" whereas in both instances on the text I have to highlight the same exact word. ID will not make duplicates. What is the workaround? Regards, Priscila

[@cree_VI]

is there more automatic index creation? when working with huge books this method took too long

Thanks for the video. Very helpful!

[@RachaelKHartman]

I'm working with a very long textbook (500 pages). I've figured out how to "add all" (which is great), but how do I limit it from listing the same page number multiple times? The words I'm including often appear multiple times on one page, so when I press "add all" - it's adding a number every time the word appears.

[@sandan3]

great tutorial, thx!

[@obilorjim]

Good job Lucky. Thumbs up!!!!

[@corinnewieser8267]

Hallo Vasco Elbrecht, Danke für dein super Video. Etwas was ich noch gerne wissen möchte wie man "Page Range" im Index erstellt. z.B. Seite 1-5 anstatt 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Leider finde ich diese Information nirgends. Herzliche Grüsse aus Haiti wo ich als Schweizer Grafikerin ein Schulbuch erstelle und momentan gerade am indexieren bin.

[@AsarImhotep]

How would this work if you are doing a book and decided to make each chapter its own separate indesign file which are linked together?

[@portiazwicker3986]

Hi unluckylion. Thank you for this! Question: Is there a way to tag an index entry as an image? For instance, my ID file has a diagram and I want to list it in the index as an instance of a term. Often indeces will list the page number followed by an italic i or something, indicating image. Thanks!

[@UFOBobTV]

Thank you for the tutorial. It was helpful.

[@HenrikStigMller]

Thank you. You're very good.

[@manuloop]

Do you know any way to import that list from an excel or txt file?

[@DemetriosMPapadakes]

you can do without java scripts: make list of names in MSWord (name,enter,name,enter,and so on) select all,apply heading style.In Indesign create master pages with linked boxes the size of ONE name in height.Either paste names in first box OR paste all names in blank Indesign pages. (Apply paragraph style as needed if MSWord headings style didn't transfer to Indesign). Then add Body text as you please.After,do what this video tutorial says.(check alphabetically in index options)

[@alanduckworth8974]

Go Germany! World Cup! Nice Index, very helpful.

[@payalmandhalkar7837]

can we do all this through scripting ?

[@Juanntull1]

Hi, thnx for the helpful video but I not understood how did you create the page on minute 15.52. This have the all index text clickable, this is what I need and not only making the clickable number. thnx a lot :)

[@AsarImhotep]

I think I figured it out. Going to Window > Type & Tables > Index, when the dialogue box pops up it has a check box for "Book," which I assume applies to the whole book. I will play with it and see what happens.

[@pilarpinchart]

muchas gracias! super clear!

[@CristyOrtiz]

Thank you very helpful!

[@travelwithJMS]

Thanks very well Explained :)

[@dianamoyarodriguez5742]

Great job!! Thanks!

[@VascoElbrecht]

hey, sounds like something you would need a script for (java scripts do work in indesign). I'm not familiar with these things, but I think people on the official adobe forum will have an idea. As far I know InDesing can not do this out of the box.

[@VascoElbrecht]

hmmm good question, i never tried that. I assume as long as you have the main book document open indexing should work globally for all your documents. Anything else would not make much sense. You might need to synchronise the index over the book pannel, but well I'm not really sure. sorry : /

[@alanduckworth8974]

How do you add a back button back to the index on all the pages?

[@alanduckworth8974]

+Matt Gill Thanks Matt, works great.

[@dtpitypografia]

great job:) thanks very much...

[@WanderingDalinP]

Thank you so much

[@peninapearl6491]

who can explain me what is index , table of content and Glossary ??

[@fhugof]

Thanks!

[@DemetriosMPapadakes]

Thank you!

[@drawtheword7590]

Anyone out there know how to create a index that uses say Russian alphabet or Japanese katakana, hiragana etc. ? all I can create is ABC... i need index of АБВ... ; あいお... i know i can add them to the Latin index, but one problem not all characters = a letter in the Latin alphabet. so where would i put ж ? no equivalent or say し,　か ? I'll try to find the answer myself but so far no luck but i will continue searching

[@drawtheword7590]

I figured out, you just go to - Index panel menu> Sort Options> from there you just check the boxes of the languages you need. in addition if you chose Cyrillic it is by default: Russian so if you need Ukrainian etc. you go to the right of the check box> there will be a drop down menu for you to choose.

[@DemetriosMPapadakes]

you make the index AFTER the book has been put together,i.e. after the project is consolidated. But open indexing SHOULD work.

[@carpek8752]

love the T

[@MarcTreneman]

god job!

[@drawtheword7590]

und danke! for the video helpful

[@raltinbas50]

thanks

[@Djdjdndbsajakenuxbbd]

So the topic panel is just for reference here, not to create real references, just to remind yourself of the structure.

[@darktemplar0chute]

It seems too easy in your words... thanks a lot...

[@citrusshark3741]

Your layout is very hard to follow. Very untidy to look at and very chaotic. But good effort though.

[@tizianamanierka5534]

Great explanation- very clear. Thank you so much!

[@OtaGaudencio]

Very nice!!! Thank you!!!

[@tamarodayabodner5163]

thank you, very helpful!