Re: Page numbers with See Also

["Thomas Michanek" <thomas.michanek@xxxxxxxxx>]

From: DBain2000@aol.com <DBain2000@aol.com>

>I am trying to produce index entries with page numbers followed by a "See 
>also" entry. For example, the Adobe FrameMaker 5.5 User Guide has the 
>following index entry on page 517:
>    autoconnecting 276-277
>        See also flow tags; text flows
>
>What I get looks like this:
>    autoconnecting See also flow tags
>("text flows" appears as a level 1 index entry on its own line.)
>
>I set up the index entry by entering the following text under Special>Marker 
>(Marker Type = Index):
><$startrange>autoconnecting <Emphasis>See also<Default Para Font> 
><$nopage>flow tags; text flow
>
>Later I have
><$endrange>autoconnecting <Emphasis>See also<Default Para Font> <$nopage>flow 
>tags; text flow
>
>1. How do I get the page number or page number range to appear directly after 
>"autoconnecting" ?
>2. How do I get the words "text flow" to appear in the entry instead of 
>appearing in a separate entry? Evidently I have to do something to cause the 
>";" to be taken as a literal rather than a separator.

You split the first index entry into two, add a colon to get the See also
text on the next index level, and escape the semicolon with backslash:

<$startrange>autoconnecting;<$nopage>autoconnecting:<Emphasis>See also
<Default Para Font>flow tags\; text flow

(I haven't tested this; it might be that you have to split the marker into
two if <$startrange> affects the entire marker.)

>I also have the following problem: Even though I reformatted the index, 
>whenever I regenerate it, the page numbers all come out in the original size 
>(In this case font size 12 instead of font size 9). I assume I can correct 
>this in the formatting rather than fixing it after the fact. How?

All the formatting of the generated index is controlled on a Reference Page
called IX. The formatting of page numbers is controlled by the IndexIX
paragraph, which normally contains the building block <$pagenum>. Change
the formatting of that building block by using a character tag.

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Thomas Michanek, [Michagon], Linkoping, Sweden
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