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

[willem]

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

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

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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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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[willem]

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.

 

[willem]

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.