Creating an index for your work in Affinity Publisher is the perfect finishing touch and it doesn't haven't to be a time consuming drama. Learn the tips and tricks you need to add an Index to your Affinity Publisher files in minutes not hours!
Looking for something specific? Check out the direct links to individual parts of the session:
- Start
- The Index Menu v The Index Panel
- Examine Your Document
- Making Space for the Index
- Creating a Section for the Index
- Clearing an Unneeded Master Page
- Adding the First Index Marker
- Using the Find and Replace Panel to Make Index Entries
- Using the The Index Panel to Make index Entries
- Deleting Index Markers
- Creating a Parent Topic
- Renaming Topics
- Adding Additional Index Topics and Entries
- Extending the Index to Additional Pages
- Formatting the Index
- Customizing the Separator & Adding a Tab Leader
- Adding Cross References & Editing Labels
- Moving the Index from the Document Flow to Independent Text Frames
- Expanding Cross References
- Recap
- Table of Contents v Index
- How to Shrink and Index and Why You Might Want To!
- Q&A
Hello! I’ve enjoyed your tutorials as a beginner. But now need a tutorial about doing a more complex index with sub groups. I’ve come across an issue with gaps appearing in the index for no apparent reason
That’s a great idea! I’ll add it to my list
In the interim a couple of ideas for things to check to solve your problem:
– Check your style definitions to ensure the extra space is not coming from there
– Check for any hidden characters that could be adding space
How would I do indexing in a 400-page book like mine whose chapters are each individual files of about 30 pages each?
Without the option of creating a concordance file it’ll be a long job! Have you tried the Book feature inside Affinity Publisher?
This was very helpful in demystifying the index tool. The tool does not seem to do everything I would like. For example, it does not appear possible to reassign entries from one topic to another, so every topic (such as first names in a family) seems to require a separate search–in other words, one can’t simply search for a surname and then drag entries for different family members to the predefined topics for each of them. I’m posting this in the hope that there is a way to do it and you (or someone reading this) will point it out.
In an earlier comment I asked if there was a way to drag and drop entries from one topic to another. For some reason I couldn’t do it, but now I tried again, and it works. I also learned how to italicize “See Also” through the text styles panel. They are little things that make the tool a lot more useful.