Thank you. That proves *I* am doing something wrong. To be certain that it was not Word malfunctioning, I reinstalled Office 2000, but so far have the same results on *this* computer. Then I tried it on my laptop, creating the document, with an index in the front. Saved it, shut down, and rebooted. Opened the same document and the index is indeed there! So that means something is different on MY end, but hanged if I see it! Oh well, the document is 90 percent done now. (yay!) Just some minor editing to do on corrections a few of us left off. We might as well as close this thread. Thanks, everyone. Robert At 2009-01-05 05:21 PM, you wrote: >An index is a field like any other field. It should stay put where >you've put it, and NOT vanish between sessions. > >I think something else must be at work. > >As an experiment I created a blank manual based on our department >standard, which includes an index. I cut and pasted the Index field from >the back to the front, replacing the TOC field. > >I saved, exited, restarted, reopened, and the Index was exactly where >I'd put it. > >Bear ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************