Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated January 23, 2023)
This tip applies to Word 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2021
Word allows you to create indexes for your documents easily and quickly. Other issues of WordTips have discussed how to create index entries and subentries. Once this is done, you can create an index for a range of letters by following these steps:
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