Index and contents What is difference and how to put a-z order?

[Guest]

In Word 2000. I have created a list of contents in page number order (using
the Insert instruction) and I would like to have an index at the back in
alphabetical order. Not sure how to do this or what the difference is in
Word between index and table of contents. Have tried to copy the contents
and then use 'Sort' but that did not work.

Any suggestions in simple terms would be most appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Galen -

A TOC is a list of the *topics* (chapter titles, subtitles, or whatever)
that are included in the document. They are listed (usually) in the order in
which they appear, by page number. If you've formatted the doc using Styles
for your headings, subheadings, etc. the TOC can be generated automatically,
or you can insert TOC fields in the doc manually. In fact, the 2 techniques
can be combined.

An Index is a list of *terms* used in the doc and is typically at the end.
The index entries are listed in alphabetical order & reference the pages on
which those terms occur. Unlike a TOC, Index entries are not typically
formatted in a special way that distinguishes them from other text in the
doc, so the marking of what is to be included in the index is done manually.
You can create what is called a Concordance File or you can go through the
doc and manually mark the entries by inserting index fields - although many
recommend *against* the use of Concordance files. For more information take
a look at:

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/Createindex.htm

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac