Indexing chapters at the front and content at the back

[Guest]

This may seem obvious, but is there a way of creating a selective index, i.e.
one at the front of the 'book' outlining the main chapter headings, then have
a more detailed one at the back which also includes the main chapter headings.

As I keep working on the document, and adding pages, the page numbers are
obviously changing. These are picked up by the Index marks. but now that I
have almost come to the end I'd like to create an 'abbreiviated' index at the
front. Bar creating one by typing in all the headings and their page numbers
manually, is there an automated method?

I'm trying to create a sort of quick reference page.

reagards to all

Sean 3DD

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What you are describing (at least at the front) is not an index but a table
of contents. You can include as many levels as desired in any TOC, but you
don't create it by inserting index entry fields. See
http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html.

If you really are talking about an index (which usually contains topics and
names and the like rather than headings and is in alphabetical rather than
chronological order), then yes, you can create more than one index, by
including an \f switch in each XE field and a corresponding \f switch in the
Index field. For example, you could use \f "a" in both fields for an index
of subjects and \f "b" for an index of proper names.

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

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[Daiya Mitchell]

Main Chapter Headings are normally shown in a Table of Contents, which
follows page order rather than alphabetical order, and usually appears
at the front of the book.

An index is normally used for terms, concepts, and names, and is more
detailed than a table of contents (TOC), and usually appears at the back.

It sounds like you want a TOC--see here:
http://shaunakelly.com/word/toc/CreateATOC.html

 

[Guest]

Many thanks, The TOC will probably work, but knowing me I'll find some reason
to use the modified index field process - once again thanks.