Re: [libreoffice-users] Index Quirks in Writer

Hi :)
Apparently it's well worth getting
Zotero
and apparently that works with both LO and MS Office.  I think it's
not an Extension for LO but is a fully-fledged 3rd party tool
Regards from
Tom :)

On 25 January 2014 19:26, CVAlkan <foberle@enteract.com> wrote:
> I know the table of contents feature seems to work well, as I've used it
> quite a bit in the past.
> But creating an alphabetical index (a first for me, at least using Writer)
> seems to have a number of rather annoying features. I've provided an
> experiment you can do at the end, but first let me discuss the issues.
>
> 1) When creating an alphabetical index, the Columns feature works as
> expected, BUT ONLY FOR THE STANDARD (DEFAULT) PAPER SIZE! If I attempt to
> use columns on a 6" x 9" page, Writer still seems to assume a "standard"
> paper size and doesn't seem to know that I'm using a 6" x 9" page. Thus no
> matter how I try to tweak the setup, the right column is almost completely
> off the page on the right. So I can't use columns for the Index - Bummer,
> but not the end of the world.
>
> 2) If I go through and highlight each entry that I want indexed, everything
> works great (so far as I can tell), and I have the options for "match case"
> and "whole words only." But in a long document, using a concordance file
> certainly seems to make more sense, and it SEEMS TO WORK, but it actually
> doesn't.
>
>   Issue a) No matter what boxes are checked, Writer goes and marks ALL
> instances of whatever the concordance entry has: regardless of whether or
> not it is a whole word or whether the capitalization matches.
>
>   Issue b) If you add another entry to the concordance file and "Update
> Index/Table," all instances (even incorrect ones) of the new entry are
> indeed marked within the file and added to the index, but every earlier
> entry GETS AN ADDITIONAL marker. As I modify the concordance file to add new
> items and update the index, I find that the earliest entries have as many
> markers as the number of updates I've done.
>
> Here's an experiment you can do:
>
> Open a new document using whatever standard size is in effect.
> At the top of the document, type dt and press F3. This generates the dummy
> text.
> In a separate text editor create a concordance file with the following
> entries:
>
> Breeze;Breeze;;;0;0
> Long;Long;;;0;0
> Self;Self;;;0;0
> Wrist;Wrist;;;0;0
>
> Back in the document, create a new index at the bottom of the page, and mark
> "Case Sensitive." Then choose the concordance file created above.
>
> You'll see that the words "himself" and "along" are marked in the document
> and included in the index as "Self" and "Long", even though these words
> never appear in the text. Now add the following entry to the concordance
> file:
>
> Eat;Eat;;;0;0
>
> Find it? It actually marked the last three letters of the word "sweat" which
> doesn't match the case.
>
> In a three hundred plus page document with a surname index this tends to
> make the index pretty useless, since it's cluttered with erroneous entries
> which will drive you nuts looking on a referenced page to find something
> that just isn't there.
>
> Sadly, I've obviously done that, which brings up another issue:
>
> How do I get rid of the index markers? Going through one by one is far too
> tedious. I recall that the alternate search and replace had a selection for
> "index" under properties, but the I downloaded that and the latest version
> seems to have a serious bug which doesn't let you get to a specific entry on
> the drop down list for "properties" so that's out. And I don't know if that
> would be what I need anyway.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
>
>
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