Re: Creating an index: need a template of a concordance file

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The "template" you suggest is a two-column, one-row table (which will grow
as you add entries). I hardly think this deserves the name of "template." If
you do not know how to create a table, note that the instructions you cite
provide this information.

And that's quite aside from the fact that a concordance is often not the
best way to create an index. See
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/Createindex.htm

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"Dr Roben" <Dr Roben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:664B3A8A-65AF-4C13-B60F-4587E313C43B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm creating an index, and need a template of a concordance file per the
> below. This would help creating such a file, to have a sample one up and
> available. It might be a nice thing for Microsoft to post on the templates
> site too.
>
> 1. Click Insert Table Button image on the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A
> bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To
display a
> toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars
tab.).
> 2. Drag to select two columns.
> 3. In the first column, enter the text you want Microsoft Word to
search
> for and mark as an index entry. Make sure to enter the text exactly as it
> appears in the document. Then press TAB.
> 4. In the second column, type the index entry for the text in the first
> column. Then press TAB. If you want to create a subentry (subentry: An
index
> entry that falls under a more general heading. For example, the index
entry
> "planets" could have the subentries "Mars" and "Venus."), type the main
entry
> followed by a colon (:) and the subentry.
> 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each index reference and entry.
> 6. Save the concordance file.
>
> Tips
> * To make sure Word marks all the text you want to index, list all
forms
> of the text you want to search for. For example, type erupt, erupting, and
> eruption in three separate cells in the left column, and then type
volcanoes
> in the matching cells in the right column.

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