Notes included in TOC?

I am trying to create a revision log at the end of a technical specification that I've created in InDesign.?Ideally, I'd like to be able to insert a note where a piece of text has been edited and specify the reasoning for the change.?Then, when I generate the TOC, look for notes with a specific style applied to them and put them into a TOC with the page number.

I think I have a workaround in place now where I have a non-printing text box next to the edited text with the reasoning.?The reason this isn't ideal is that it clutters up the screen as opposed to the note which is nice and small, and if the text moves to another place in the document, the note moves right along with it.

I've tried doing it with the notes, but the TOC never ends up picking up the text in the notes.

Any clever ideas?

Notes included in TOC?

Cody MI wrote:

I am trying to create a revision log at the end of a technical specification that I've created in InDesign.?Ideally, I'd like to be able to insert a note where a piece of text has been edited and specify the reasoning for the change.?Then, when I generate the TOC, look for notes with a specific style applied to them and put them into a TOC with the page number.

I think I have a workaround in place now where I have a non-printing text box next to the edited text with the reasoning.?The reason this isn't ideal is that it clutters up the screen as opposed to the note which is nice and small, and if the text moves to another place in the document, the note moves right along with it.

I've tried doing it with the notes, but the TOC never ends up picking up the text in the notes.

Any clever ideas?

Notes included in TOC?

Peter,

Thanks for the tip on this.?I think one of the things I'm looking for is that when the reader is looking at the revision log (endnotes) they can easily go back to where the edit was (referencing the paragraph that was being edited).?So, the numbering in the endnote would not be sequential and a little difficult to link back.

The other issue that I'm dealing with is that each section of this technical spec is a separate InDesign file and there are about 6 authors that write the various documents so it would be difficult to enter in all of the changes in 1 document that everyone is sharing.?With the note, people just insert it in their document where the change is, and then I can look through all docs and pull out all the notes and where they came from.

Thanks for your help!

Hi, Cody:

Yes, cross-references are not two-way links.

Consider entering a feature request to make notes and their text more usable, here: wish.

Perhaps there's a solution in scripting. Ask on that forum.

HTH

Regards,

Peter

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