XE fields are as old as Word AFAIK (certainly as old as any Windows version
of Word). The UI for inserting them may be relatively new, but they can
certainly be inserted by hand in any version.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Jay Freedman" wrote in message
...
The current version of Word can help you create an index. There's an
article
about it at http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/Createindex.htm.

I suspect your copy of Word, no matter how old it is, can also handle
index
generation in the same way. Look in the Help for topics about the Index
field and the XE field.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.


Tommy Desperate wrote:
I have an old verson of Word. In the latest version of Word, is index
creation software part of the program? If not, are there index
programs that function with Word? I've written a long book that
requires an extensive index. Doing it line by line would turn my
hair gray.