Shared Macros

You can share the macros you find most useful with your indexing colleagues on this wiki page. Please use existing macros as a template for your additions.

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Macro: %{f12}{end}^t ?^t{left 2}+{right}

Notes: I use this to make notes and queries to myself. When doing final editing I search for ? to group them all. The ones I resolve before that I remove as I go along. I use this same macro to code entries that I want to group for some reason -- diacritics so I can make a list to send to the editor or names missing first names -- whatever I need to group later. I type in a symbol such as # or @ instead of a note. The macro will place the cursor so you are ready to type hidden text. Best to copy and paste these, but if you type this one, note there is a space before the question mark.

Notes: Some of these are especially helpful if you are working on an index with many entries per page; for indexes with few entries per page I tend to replace some of them with other macros specific to that index.

Author: Ann Truesdale

Converts 56 to 56-57 and moves to next entry

Macros: %{f12}{f2}{end}^c{+}{f2}{home}^v-~

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Author: Ann Truesdale

Converts 56 to 56-5 with cursor positioned to type end of page range, i.e., typing 9 yields the page range 56-59

Macros: %{f12}{f2}{end}^c{f2}-^v{bs}

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Author: Ann Truesdale

Increments page number by one; also converts a page range to the next page above the lower end, i.e., 356-362 becomes 357.

Macros: %{f12}{f2}{end}{f2}{home}+^{right}^x{f2}^v{+}~

Notes: Sounds esoteric, but I actually use it a lot in some books. For a single page number, increments by one, but saves the keystrokes for moving to the locator grid and then to the new entry. Very handy if you just typed a main entry term and don't need a sub. One keystroke and you're ready to type the next main entry term.

Author: Ann Truesdale

A cousin of the above; converts 356-362 to 356. Handy for when you enter a page range, and then need to enter some terms on the first page of that range.

Macros: %{f12}{f2}%~{f2}+^{left}{del}{bs}~

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Author: Ann Truesdale