indexing in word 97/2000

[Josh]

I am creating a rather lengthy document, and require
several indices at the end. I would like to create a
master index, and then several "sub indices," such as an
index of items listed by manufacturer, and an index of
items listed by source material. I know how to do the
master index using the {XE} and {INDEX} fields. I started
using the \f switch to create the subindices, but found
that the switch only used the first letter of the
designating text. Thus, \f "trinity" became the same as \f
"terra". (this is in word 97 at work; i have not tried on
word 2000 at home yet).

I have forty manufacturers alone; I was planning a seperate
index for each, so that I could have the name of the
manufacturer as a heading, and then insert the INDEX field
with the appropriate \f designator. Using this method, I
expected to use 70 named \f switches.

Does anyone know of a way around this limitation, or an
alternate method of creating these indices? I am loath to
create them manually using bookmarks--although I have
bookmarks in place for internal hyperlinking, the page
numbers may change for indexing, and doing the index
manually will not update page numbers.

Thanks in advance for any help that is available.

Josh

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It seems to me you could accomplish what you want with a single index (in
addition to the master index). Make each XE field two levels, e.g., { XE
"Manufacturer: Widget" }. All the entries for Manufacturer will be listed as
subentries under this heading.

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[Josh]

Suzanne,

Thanks for the input; I had not thought to use sublevels.
It seems so obvious in retrospect. Yea for alternate
viewpoints!

Josh

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I'm glad that works for you!

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Words into Type
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