You all are my last, best hope.
I am in the process of trying to complete a commentary on the Bible book of Revelation. The editing is done and I have been working for about a week-and-a-half to persuade InDesign to produce a workable index. In frustration, I even looked into the indexing program “Sonar Bookends” recommended on this site – but the $400.00 price tag is way, way beyond this retirees ability to pay. I have tried numerous times on the Adobe InDesign Community page and none of their suggestions worked. I need to finish this this week and am about to just forget an index altogether.
My book is 500+ pages long and really needs an index. No matter what I try, Index persists in creating an index where all of the page numbers for individual words are the same, and where there are a number of references for the same word, the whole list is identical. Below is an example:
Body 523
Eye 523
Eyes 523
Feet 523
Forehead 523
Hair 523
Hand 523
Head 523
Legs 523
Legs like fire 523
Lips 523
Rainbow 523
Teeth 523
Thigh 523
White Hair 523
Book 523
Books 523
Bowl
Fifth Bowl 523
First Bowl 523
Fourth Bowl 523
Second Bowl 523
Seventh Bowl 523
Sixth Bowl 523
Third Bowl 523
Bride 523
Bridegroom 523
Bridles 523
Brimstone 523
Bronze 523
Burning 523
C
Canon 6, 15, 17, 29, 73, 83, 125, 224, 225, 384, 397, 431, 432, 435, 476, 493, 507
Capital 6, 15, 17, 29, 73, 83, 125, 224, 225, 384, 397, 431, 432, 435, 476, 493, 507
Catholic 523
Caves 523
Censer 523
Chained 523
Chains 523
Chariots 523
Christ III, V, VI, VII, VIII, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 27, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 114, 116, 117, 122, 123, 125, 126, 130, 133, 135, 137, 139, 143, 149, 150, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 159, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 179, 180, 182, 183, 185, 186, 190, 191, 194, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 208, 215, 216, 217, 220, 221, 223, 225, 226, 229, 233, 236, 237, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 246, 248, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 260, 261, 263, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 276, 280, 281, 285, 288, 289, 290, 294, 302, 315, 319, 324, 331, 333, 339, 340, 341, 342, 346, 348, 358, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 372, 373, 374, 375, 378, 379, 380, 381, 382, 384, 387, 388, 390, 391, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 400, 401, 403, 404, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 416, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 467, 469, 472, 475, 477, 479, 480, 482, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 492, 493, 494, 495, 496, 497, 505, 510, 519, 520, 521
Christian III, V, VI, VII, VIII, 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 27, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 100, 101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 114, 116, 117, 122, 123, 125, 126, 130, 133, 135, 137, 139, 143, 149, 150, 152, 153, 156, 157, 158, 159, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176, 179, 180, 182, 183, 185, 186, 190, 191, 194, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 208, 215, 216, 217, 220, 221, 223, 225, 226, 229, 233, 236, 237, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 246, 248, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 260, 261, 263, 269, 270, 271, 272, 274, 276, 280, 281, 285, 288, 289, 290, 294, 302, 315, 319, 324, 331, 333, 339, 340, 341, 342, 346, 348, 358, 363, 364,
Any ideas before I pull out whatever hair I have left and forget the index?
Thanks in advance for your help,
Dan M. Appel, Pastor – retired and loving it most of the time!
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