[CS3] Indexing, sort order and spaces

hi,

 

can tell me if it's possible indexing in cs3 treat space significant character in terms of sort order. example:

 

if i've got 2 names, cilla black , tony blackburn phrases 'black , white', 'black mountain' , word 'blacken' expect find entries in order

 

black , white

black, cilla

black mountain

blackburn, tony

blacken

 

in other words 'black<space>' comes before 'blacka' in turn comes before 'blackb' , on.  i've checked indexes in number of books , kind of thing.

 

but in indesign, topics come out in order

 

black , white

blackburn, tony

black, cilla

blacken

black mountain

 

so seems ignoring comma , space , sorting though

 

blackandwhite

blackburntony

blackcilla

blacken

blackmountain

 

is there way stop doing short of setting specific sort key values (e.g. black1, black2, black3) highly broken if add further items index?

 

thanks.

indesign sorts indexes letter letter, while want word word -- details, see http://www.kahrel.plus.com/indesign/sort.html

unfortunately, can't change behaviour in indesign itself. using sorter in link can choose sort strategy. sorter, way, paragraph sorter, if have subtopics you'd have combine topics , subtopics 1 paragraph, sort, resore subtopics. it's not ideal (and slow), @ least gives result want (or close one, anyway).

 

peter

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