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Modifying Index Parameters
The element given the Index style that is designed to generate the index holds the index parameters in its generated text. To modify these parameters, take the following steps:
1. Select the element that generates in the index in the Elements list.
2. Go to the Generated text category for the element, for the output format for which you wish to change the index's parameters.
3. Click the Edit button next to the After-text field. The Generated Text Editor opens.
4. Place your cursor to the right of the Index tag and click Edit > Modify Attributes. The Modify Index dialog box opens, in which you can update the parameters of the index as required.
Index Parameters for Chinese, Pinyin Indexing
PTC ALD. FOSI , and XSL-FO publishing engines support a default Pinyin mode for indexing. It is listed as zh-Latn-pinyin (Chinese, Pinyin) in the Language field of the Modify Index dialog box and conforms to the Pinyin_DA (diff-after) method. English and Chinese terms are grouped under different headings, with Chinese entries given after English ones.
If it is desired for Chinese entries to appear before English ones, type pinyin_DB in the Language field instead of picking zh-Latn-pinyin (Chinese, Pinyin) from the drop down list.
If you are working with the FOSI engine, you may specify other variants of Pinyin indexing by setting different index parameters in the dialog box:
• Language field
Enter Pinyin_SA or Pinyin_SB.
See Chinese transliterated index control for further information.
• Advanced Parameters field
Enter chinese_mode=2 or chinese_mode=3 to select alternate ways of grouping the index entries.
The support for indexing variants in the PTC Arbortext publishing engines is summarized in the table below:
Engine
Language
Pinyin_DA
Pinyin_DB
Pinyin_SA
Pinyin_SB
PTC ALD
•
•
FOSI
•
•
•
•
XSL-FO
•
•
•
•
Engine
Advanced Parameters
chinese_mode=2
chinese_mode=3
PTC ALD
FOSI
•
•
XSL-FO
•
•