Special Edition Using Microsoft® Word 2000

Compiling Your Index

Now that you've learned how to create index entries, you can move on to compiling them. To prepare your index for compilation, place your insertion point where you want the index (typically at the end of the document). Then, choose Insert, Index and Tables, and click the Index tab (see Figure 18.2).

Figure 18.2. You can control nearly all aspects of compiling an index through the Index tab of the Index and Tables dialog box.

If you've read the coverage of tables of contents in Chapter 17, "Tables of Contents, Figures, Authorities, and Captioning," you see some familiar elements in this dialog box. For instance, as with ...