Roger, The first thing to realize is that many published books have indexes that were compiled by a professional indexer, working from galleys and using a dedicated indexing software tool like CINDEX or SKY Index rather than one that is built from embedded index codes in the authoring tool.
But having said that, you should be able to accomplish what you seek to do using the system that Rick Quatro outlined. -FR > Subject: Index of Scripture References > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:19:02 -0400 > From: Roger_Shuttleworth at tvworks.com > To: framers at lists.frameusers.com > > Hello All > > > > I have a document that contains Bible references as footnotes (e.g. Romans > 3:12). I'd like to construct an Index of Scripture References at the end of > the book, listing the references in biblical order rather than alphabetical, > but this presents problems for the sort order. Some widely spaced books > start with the same letter (e.g. Ruth and Romans), while others start with a > number (e.g. 1 Samuel, 2 Corinthians). > > > > My assumption is to use an index of markers. On the reference page I've been > playing with the group titles (removed 'em) and the Sort Order > (<$numerics>, etc.). I've also tried setting the sort order within the marker > itself using the [aaa] idea. However, no progress. I see such indexes in > published books and can't imagine they are created and maintained by hand. > Any ideas? I'm using FM 7.1. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Roger Shuttleworth > > London, Canada > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as DocuDoc at hotmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/docudoc%40hotmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
