{indexing} is about creating an index or similar lists for your document, usually by means of executing makeindex.
Questions tagged [indexing]
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Makeindex no .nls file
Here is the sample code from test.tex: http://texblog.org/2012/05/14/list-of-symbols-or-abbreviations-nomenclature/
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nomencl}
\makenomenclature
\renewcommand{\nomname}{Time…
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How to make a list of indexed words defined directly in text?
Is there any way to mark words in a text for the use of them in a list later on?
Example:
Hi my name is \addmark{Kris}, I need a \addmark{list} of words containing all the
\addmark{marked words} by the end of the…
Khaurum
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Mark indexed entries in the text itself?
I will be working with a professional indexer of the old school — meaning that she prefers making her index on cards using a pencil while looking at a finished book whose pagination will not change — and am searching for tools that will lessen the…
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package makeidx: print first letter for each group of keys
I've created index with makeidx package. It works. What really need is to print the first letter above every group of keys (i.e. referring to the image I want to print the red letter, that I have manually inserted).
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Is there an easy way to hide comma (,) from the end of the indexed words?
I use
\usepackage{makeidx}
\makeindex
and then I index a word as \index{word}.
After \printindex in the Index it is appear as
word, 1
and I want it to appear as
word 1
But I don't know how to make it.
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Hyperlinks in Index pages
I have created a page on Index, where page numbers corresponding to index terms are shown. Now, I want to insert hyperlinks to the pages (so that navigation to those pages is easier).
Here's my MWE (it is taken from the…
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Place "see also" after page numbers in index
I'm creating an index using makeidx. When I have a "see also" cross-reference in an entry, I want it to appear after the listing of page numbers. But instead it appears before the listing.
Here's what the output currently looks like:
quantifiers …
viverechristus
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Creating an index with sub-sub-subentries
For my PhD thesis I need to make a list of works quoted. I thought that using the LaTeX index would be a good idea. But unfortunately I cannot have more than 3 levels in the index. BTW I am using the memoir class and xelatex.
An example of an index…
Tom de Bruin
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Making an index of sources quoted
I am working on my PhD Thesis, and need to create an index of all primary sources quoted.
I have created "cite" commands so that it automatically adds an index line whenever I cite:
\newcommand{\citeherm}[1]{\emph{Shepherd of…
Tom de Bruin
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Generate a "reverse" index
For reviewing purposes, I'd like to generate a "reverse" index, that would list all the keys per page, instead of the pages per key.
That is, in addition to generating the normal index:
key1.......... 1, 3, 5
key2.......... 2, 4, 5
I'd like:
1:…
raphink
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Simplify index nested entries
I want create index nested entries and typeset the indexed word with the same command.
For simple entries like \index{foo} I can solve this with some macro or \index*{foo} or \Index{foo} with the packages index and hvindexrespectively, but the…
Fran
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How to add explanatory text to an index page?
Note: Answers about any of the index-generating packages would be beneficial, such as splitidx or the default makeidx.
I've seen some books with explanatory text on their index page after the Index title but before the actual index list. How can…
BMS
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Indexing in partial decimal order, Luke 10:25 after Luke 1:5
I'm working on a document that makes a lot of references to the bible, and I have two indexes set up, one of topics and the other by verse. Currently, in the index by verse, Luke 10:25 is indexed before Luke 1:5, for example, because that's the…
user6853
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Outputting parameter of \index
When I indicate an index entry using \index I have to type the text of the indexed word twice, in context and as a parameter of \index:
This is an index: Hello! \index{Hello} And ....
And when I decide to change the indexed word I have to make the…
Real Dreams
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How to locate rejected index enteries
Some of my index entries are being rejected for some reason. How do I determine which index entries were rejected?
For instance if I uncomment the \def at the top of the MWE below I see the message in the console. All this does is switch from suing…
Peter Grill
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