preventing breaks in an index

[Steve R]

I have created an index in the format below. Can I set
the document up in such a way that this "paragraph" will
not be interrupted by a page break? Thanks.

SENSOR
Cables....... A132
Hardware..... A132
Reflectors... A132

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Unfortunately, there really isn't any way. You can format Index 1 as "Keep
with next" to make sure that there is at least one subentry following the
main entry, but you can't apply this formatting to Index 2 because you'd end
up with the entire index as an unbreakable block (there can, in fact, be
problems with formatting Index 1 this way unless you have subentries for
every entry). What I usually do is wait till editing is complete, then
unlink the index and tweak it by hand.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is one of those issues that just really can't be effectively dealt with
until editing is complete. In fact, I usually don't bother to generate the
final index at all until editing is complete (though I may test it a time or
two to make sure that the result is what I expect).

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