How to intercept INDEX macro

[jean-paul.bataille]

Hi,

I need to order an index based on dates, MSWord order them in
alphanumerical order and not chronologically.
My idea is to intercept -if possible- the "index macro" in order to add
an ordering module.
Is it possible ?

May be another merthod is more convenient; please advise me.

Thanks in anticipation.
Jean-Paul

 

[Jay Freedman]

Hi,

I need to order an index based on dates, MSWord order them in
alphanumerical order and not chronologically.
My idea is to intercept -if possible- the "index macro" in order to
add an ordering module.
Is it possible ?

May be another merthod is more convenient; please advise me.

Thanks in anticipation.
Jean-Paul

Sorry, Jean-Paul, there is no such thing as "the index macro". The index you
have is created by an INDEX field that reorders its entries alphabetically
every time the field updates. There is nothing you can do in a macro to
intercept or change that process. The best you can do is to unlink the
field -- change its result to plain text -- and then manipulate that text.

Please review my reply to your post in the Newusers newsgroup, visible at
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.word.newusers/msg/6a49aef328808db3?hl=en.
If you want a macro to do the steps described there, that's certainly
possible -- you should be able to use the macro recorder for that.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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