3rd Part Indexing Tool

[Matt Townsend]

Does anybody know of a 3rd part tool that will read the index markers in
Word XP and generate an index? I'm looking for something with more
flexibility than Word provides.

Matt

 

[&:-jesse\)]

Word provides a great deal of flexibility, both for
indexes and toc. There are a great many field switches
that one can use to customize to suit just about any
foreseeable need. You didn't mention the specific option
you sought.

Take a look at...

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/TOCSwitches.htm

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExpla
ined.htm (see the index section)

jesse

 

[Matt Townsend]

Well, I wouldn't say "a great deal." A couple of items I would like in my
index are:

1. Chapter names prefixing the index citing page number. Right now I have
chapter numbers using bullets and that is what shows up. So, for example, I
have 1968.2-1 instead of Spring 1968-2.
2. Saint, when abbreviated St. (which is customary) to index in the 'sa'
section and not the St. Other examples of this abound.
3. Very desireable but not required is hyperlinks from the index citing to
the spot in the document, ala the way Wordperfect does it.

I don't see any way that Word can do these things.

Matt