How do I create a cookbook index from hard copies

[consolegoddess]

We have been accumulating recipe copies from different sources for a fe
years and have them separated into sections in a binder. It has gotte
to the point that we need an index. I tried creating a document in Wor
and Excel using the title and assign a page number but columns an
sorting became a problem.

Page numbers would be written on each recipe. I thought the easiest wa
to number would be starting with 1 for each section. Something lik
1-1. I would like to sort by category then alphabetically in th
category. I would also like to be able to sort all alphabetically. Th
cookbook is constantly under construction as we add and subtract. I ad
new recipes to the end of the category.

Any thoughts on how to do this

 

[Iceman]

In this group consolegoddess wrote in message

We have been accumulating recipe copies from different sources for a
few years and have them separated into sections in a binder. It has
gotten to the point that we need an index. I tried creating a
document in Word and Excel using the title and assign a page number
but columns and sorting became a problem.

Page numbers would be written on each recipe. I thought the easiest
way to number would be starting with 1 for each section. Something
like 1-1. I would like to sort by category then alphabetically in the
category. I would also like to be able to sort all alphabetically.
The cookbook is constantly under construction as we add and subtract.
I add new recipes to the end of the category.

Any thoughts on how to do this?

Instead of Word or Excel you could have a look at some freeware (and
non-freeware) indexing programs. See this Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_text_search

 

[Steve Hayes]

In this group consolegoddess wrote in message


Instead of Word or Excel you could have a look at some freeware (and
non-freeware) indexing programs. See this Wikipedia article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_text_search

I don't think that's what the OP was asking.

 

[Iceman]

In this group Steve Hayes wrote in message

I don't think that's what the OP was asking.

No, you don't think so, and then maybe you could have posted a better answer
yourself.

But I really don't think Winword is particularly well suited to creating
clickable indexes. There must be better programs available for that purpose.
My answer was just a hint.

 

[Steve Hayes]

In this group Steve Hayes wrote in message


No, you don't think so, and then maybe you could have posted a better answer
yourself.

But I really don't think Winword is particularly well suited to creating
clickable indexes. There must be better programs available for that purpose.
My answer was just a hint.

I got the impression that the index was to be printed in hard copy, and kept
with the hard-copy recipe book, and therefore not "clickable".

Perhaps the OP could clarify.

If one were to be typing the whole thing into a progam, then fully indexed
text database software would probably be the way to go (I'd reccomend askSam,
which I added to the list of programs on the Wikipedia page you referred to),
but I got the impression that the OP wanted to maintain a hard-copy index to a
hard-copy book, and for that a word processor is probably as easy as anything
else.

 

[Stefan Blom]

For index creation in Word, see
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/Createindex.htm.

Assuming that you are using Word 2007 or 2010, you work with your index
using the commands in the Index group of the References tab.

Note that an index created in Word won't be hyperlinked.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is irrelevant to the question, which was about a hard-copy collection
of recipes, not a Word document.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Stefan Blom]

I completely missed that part. :-(