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Indexing a Range of Pages

Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated May 29, 2021)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003

Word allows you to create indexes for your documents easily and quickly. Once you create your index entries and subentries (using fields), you can create an index for a range of pages by following these steps:

Select (highlight) the pages you want to include in the index.
Assign a bookmark to this text.
Place the insertion point at the location where you want the partial index created.
Press Ctrl+F9 to insert field brackets. Make sure the insertion point stays between the brackets.
Type index \b followed by the name of the bookmark used in step 2.
Press F9 to update the field information. Word replaces the field with the partial index.

WordTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Word training. (Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software in the world.) This tip (1357) applies to Microsoft Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. You can find a version of this tip for the ribbon interface of Word (Word 2007 and later) here: Indexing a Range of Pages.

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With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Learn more about Allen...

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2021-11-02 20:23:44

David Van Fleet

i want to include all pages when indexing

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