Chapter markings on page edge

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- June 29, 2016 at 2:25 am #86152
  
  tocm42
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  Hello all,
  
  I’d like to add chapter markings to the edge of each page, like you would find in a dictionary.
  
  (example here: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5754/22122763916_8dd162561f.jpg)
  
  Any idea on how this might be done?
  
  I’ve templates setup at the moment, and each chapter is correlated to a paragraph style.
  Does one need a different template per chapter?
  What if another chapter is added, is there a dynamic way for the markers to move and adjust?
  
  The book is setup like this at the moment:
  Part 1 – 11 chapters
  Part 2 – 14 chapters
  Appendix
  
  I imagine the chapter markers would have to line up with the page number in the index.
  
  Any help would be most appreciated.
- June 29, 2016 at 7:24 am #86160
  
  Bob Terry
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  I do this by adding the tabs to the master page. Set up the tabs in layers. Then hide all of the layers except for the one you need for a given chapter. When you go to a new chapter, reveal the next chapter tab and hide the preceding chapter. It’s not automated but it sure works for me.
- June 29, 2016 at 7:42 am #86161
  
  tocm42
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  Thank you very much rterry – it works up to a point, but when hiding/revealing a layer it does it on every page with that template applied, how can I trigger it just for the selected pages?
- June 29, 2016 at 2:50 pm #86168
  
  Dwayne Harris
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  When I do books like that, I just make a separate master page for each tab. I don’t bother with one master page and layers, because if it’s just one master page, then you have to shift-click and release the tabs in question. And if there is reflow, it’s a pain in the butt.
  
  I make a separate master page for each tab–no other tabs on it. No layers. And I apply those master pages on the pages I need them for.
  
  So far as I know, there is no way to automate it.
- June 30, 2016 at 6:39 am #86172
  
  Bob Terry
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  I agree with Dwanye, in fact. That’s just what I do and it’s terribly easy that way. I thought the layers idea would work well, but obviously not.
- July 5, 2016 at 7:44 am #86272
  
  tocm42
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  Many thanks to both of you for your comments. I’ve created a new master page per chapter and applied them to the chapter pages. It works well!
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