Creating Index Entries

Now that you have an idea of how index marker entries work to produce an index in FrameMaker and some important decisions that you ought to plan for before starting, it’s time to get started creating index entries.

Once you get acquainted with the various types of index entries that are available, you will feel right at home including them in documents. In this section, we explore the following:

  • Markers Understand the role of index markers in source documents.

  • Simple index entries Learn the methods for including index entries that don’t require extra typing, easy ways to select text as an index entry, and the widely used method of typing text for index entries.

  • Multi-level index entries Learn how to include subentries ...

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