how to index multi-book PDFs?

[Bernd Hutschenreuther <bernd -dot- hutschenreuther -at- net-linx -dot- de>]

Hi,

in such a case, I included both kinds of index.

1. an index for each book
2. a general index.

Structure:

Table of contents (for the whole book)
1. book
    table of contents 1 (Page number toc 1-1 ... toc 1-n)
    contents 1 (Page number 1-1 ... 1-x)
    index for book 1 (Page number 1-1 ...1-n)
2. book
    table of contents 2 (Page number toc 2-1 ... toc 2-n)
    contents 2 (Page number 2-1 ... 2-x)
    index for book 2 (Page number 2-1 ...2-n)

...

n. book
    table of contents n (Page number toc n-1 ... toc n-n)
    contents n (Page number n-1 ... n-x)
    index for book n (Page number i-1 ...i-n)
Index for whole book

This way, in the index, you have a reference to the book.

We handled books with for to 6 parts in this way, ca. 2000 pages in the PDF 
file.

Additional, we produced pdf files for each book.

To create the index, you must set up all books with index and generate the 
index for all books.
Later, you must set up the "big" book and genrate the index.

Make sure to have the same properties for the single books and for the main 
book. (Start new books on a right page, start new articles in the same way, 
do not forget to generate/update the Table of contents and index after changes.

In the large index, you have an overall overview, and in the index to a 
single book, you have a more specific overview.
The small books can be printed this way separately without missing the 
index. You can use the large index to find, in which book there is a topic, 
you are searching for.

Best regards
Bernd