Creating index of a book in Microsoft Word
This is the computer tips how to create index of a book in Microsoft Word.Creating index of a book in Microsoft Word takes is actually an easy and two-step process because the feature is included in Word and you do not need to perform manual work any more. First all the required entries of the index text should be entered or typed by you and after pressing a button, index will be created by Word itself. All the typed or written entries in your document will be read and processed by Word itself to create a list which will also carry the numbering of pages.
Following steps in your Word documents should be followed in order to make or create an index of a book in Microsoft Word:
- Words should be highlighted if an index is required and an insertion point should be typed or placed to separate wordsThen Alt+Shit+X should be pressed in your document (a shortcut to open dialog box of
- “Main Index Entry” will collect the highlighted text itself. All highlighted text (to mark as index) will be collected in first level but second or sub-level entry should be typed manually by you in “Subentry” box
- Finally after going through the above-mentioned process “Mark” button should be pressed or clicked to process (dialog box of “Mark Index Entry” will remain open for further entries)
“Concordance file” probably be read by you in Word’s help which actually marks entries of an index in your document automatically. Though this file of Word sounds like an easiest way of index making but actually more trouble will be faced by you in this process of index making because whole document is searched by Microsoft Word in this process.
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