[mso] Re: Word help pls
- From: "Dian Chapman" <dian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 20:37:45 -0500
Two ways to do it. Either go through all the pages, select the name and add
an index marker...or create a concordance file with all the names and let
Word run though and set all the indices for you.
However, although the concordance file sounds like the easy way, it, of
course, has problems and can be a royal pain! However, in your case with
names, it might work. In the case of books with word, you can sometimes end
up with tags to words you didn't want marked or partial words, etc. Since
names are more distinct and you won't use them with the book, really...okay,
so there could be "words" like "art", "pat", etc...it's less likely than
with standard "words" throughout a doc. So you MIGHT have better luck than
most????
Then just add the index marker on the last page...or in a separate doc and
use the RD fields to pull from the other doc. See this article for details
on RD fields:
www.mousetrax.com/mastdoc.html
Dian Chapman
Technical Consultant,
Microsoft MVP & Instructor
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-----Original Message-----
From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Robert Carneal
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 7:52 PM
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [mso] Word help pls
Ok, first question. (I will do this slow.) I have written a family history
book. I have no index yet. Is there a simple way to build an index of names?
Caveat: when I go to bed tonight, the total pages probably will reach 807
pages.
I know how to build an index and tables on a document that I start from
scratch, but I don't know how to do this on a document (already large) that
is currently in progress. Judging from the genealogy program where I keep
the data, there are 2,821 individual names. Those are the names I'd like to
get a listing of.
Thank you.
Robert
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