Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 18, 2018)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Word includes a feature that allows you to automatically create an index for your document. How you create the actual index is explained in a different tip, but first you must insert index entries throughout your document. These entries are used by Word to pull together the information that is placed in the index. To create an index entry, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Mark Index Entry dialog box.
Word also allows you to create index subentries. These are index entries that are subordinate to other index entries, and generally appear indented under the main index entry. To insert an index subentry, follow these steps:
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2019-10-02 12:33:57
I have a bulleted list with heading XXX. Each XXX item has an index entry of the form XE "<item>:YYY"., where all YYY s are the same. I want to have an index entry for YYY with a subentry for each item. I can't find a way to do this without doing a lot of cut and paste to create the entries without using the dialog. Any suggestions?
2019-03-05 13:33:21
Gaines Jackson
Can you email me the steps to follow to index a book that I have written in microsoft word 2007
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