Combine multi-level index entries with automark/concordance feature?

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Hello,

Suzanne: thanks for your prompt reply. You've now responded to 2 of my
problems in as many days, I am grateful. I will try your suggestion
later today. If I understand your response, the process (which may or
may not involve a concordance file) assumes I know in advance which
cases refer to a given theme.

This got me thinking. What would be very convenient is to incorporate
the automark/concordance function into this -- ie, have Word
automatically search for a given list of words/phrases/themes, and
somehow know to associate each "hit" with a certain case, as well as
the page number. I'm not sure this is possible, but if so, presumably
it requires the user to somehow associate a given block of text with
the case.

Anyway, at this stage just curious to know whether or not this is
possible, but such a feauture would be hugely helpful.

Thanks again,
Willem
 
I've never actually used a concordance file, but since, as I understand it,
you tell Word what to search for and then what index term to use, it would
appear to me that it could search for a given case and then index it under a
certain term.

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I'd like to follow up on this question with everyone, as I still
haven't figured out a solution.

My 'user context' is that I am a law student, and I take notes in
class with a laptop. I wondering if you could somehow structure a Word
document so the index entry would not only associate a term with the
page number its on, but the case that raised it? What if, for example,
I created a text box for each case discussed in the document, so that
the case had defined "boundaries"? Then, anytime a given search
term/index entry is found within a certain box, the index is able to
provide the case name as well as the page number.

For example, as I'm taking notes throughout the term, I create a text
box for each case, and within each text box, mark certain terms that I
consider important as index entries (for example, "judicial notice").
When the index is created, Word has 2 pieces of data to associate with
the term 'judicial notice': the page number and the case name/name of
text box in which it appears.

I'm not necessarily suggesting that I literally use text boxes, but it
at least serves as a nice analogy for what I'm looking for. The
advantage here is that Word figures out the 'many-to-many'
relationships that may exist (as 'judicial notice' may be sprinkled
throughout the document in multiple cases).

sorry for the long question,
thanks in advance,
W.
 
If readers of this group aren't familiar with an answer/solution to
the question below, could someone recommend where else I might try?

Thanks,
W.
 
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