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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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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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