Do The FCS 3 PDF Manuals Have An Index In The Back?

Question

I find that an index is generally more useful than a search field.
The old PDF manuals always had an index in the back and when I first downloaded the FCS 3 PDF manuals I thought they too had indexes, but I can't find them any more.
Was I mistaken?
Have they never had indexes in the latest versions or am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

Hi Wilderness08,
Yes, you can do that indeed.
As you are already using an InDesign Book file. You can add the companion workbook InDesign file as the last file in the Book panel. This document can have its own document page numbering, making it part of your book allows you to generate either an Index or a Table of Contents that is sourced from the rest of the publication.
You'll need to make sure that for the ToC, that in the companion workbook you've not used the same 'heading' styles that you use in the rest of the publication to generate the ToC.
Define the TOC Style to your companion workbook (Layout > Table of Content Styles), and select the 'Include Book Documents'.
When you Generate Index, select the 'Include Book Documents' to include index entries from other documents.
To publish only the companion workbook, select the InDesign file inside the book panel and choose Export Selected Document to PDF.
Hope this helps,
Cari