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If you have ever created an index before, you know that it is possible for an index reference to refer to a range of pages. Word makes this type of index entry easy through the use of bookmarks. To do this, follow these steps:
Figure 1. The Mark Index Entry dialog box.
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2019-10-23 03:32:07
Thorkild Maaetoft
Sorry for repeating my question, but I probably put it the wrong place.
Hello, my name is Thorkild and I am currently making a Word 365 version of the authors manuscript for his new book. Since the book is more than 400 pages and I am requested to create a index of all people names in the book (more than 600), many references to page number are above 100. When I define a range of page numbers as an interval, and the page number are above 100, Word put this interval in the index as f.ex.205-14 (meaning page 205 to 214). Is it possible to change this, so Word put the interval as 204-214 in the index instead ?
Thank you in advance
best regards
Thorkild Maaetoft
Holbæk
Denmark
2013-09-30 00:07:14
When I try to specify a name for the index entry as I want it to appear (step 4), it says illegal name or something. This happens no matter what name I try, with or without spaces, upper case, etc. And of course MS Help gives no help at all.
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