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Index Page ranges
When I create an index for a Word 2007 document, I get entries like:
Washington, George 1,2,3,7,11 but I want: Washington, George 1-3,7,11 What must I do to get page ranges instead of each individual page number when the item is found on 3 or more successive pages? Thanks, Tom |
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Index Page ranges
Either switch to FrameMaker ... or (this is how it works in 2003) when
you insert an Index marker, select the whole stretch of text that you want to be indexed as a page range. (You can still insert individual index markers within that stretch of marked text.) On Mar 10, 10:54*pm, Tom Benjey wrote: When I create an index for a Word 2007 document, I get entries like: Washington, George 1,2,3,7,11 but I want: Washington, George 1-3,7,11 What must I do to get page ranges instead of each individual page number when the item is found on 3 or more successive pages? |
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In order to include a range, you must select the included text and bookmark
it, then include the bookmark in the XE field (in the Mark Index Entry dialog, there is a place to select the bookmark). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Tom Benjey" wrote in message ... When I create an index for a Word 2007 document, I get entries like: Washington, George 1,2,3,7,11 but I want: Washington, George 1-3,7,11 What must I do to get page ranges instead of each individual page number when the item is found on 3 or more successive pages? Thanks, Tom |
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Thank you for your assistance, grammatin and Suzanne.
I have a 160,000 word book I want to index that includes chapters or sections on 50+ people. These people's names are the index entries most likely to include sequential page references. Other index entriy types don't exhibit this problem. I previously indexed a 60,000 word book using a concordance and was pleased with the results. Manually marking each index entry looks like it would be laborious to the extreme. Is it possible to edit the index Word creates to affect the change? FrameMaker can be downloaded for a 30-day free trial. Does it require all this manual entry or can it use a concordance? Tom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In order to include a range, you must select the included text and bookmark it, then include the bookmark in the XE field (in the Mark Index Entry dialog, there is a place to select the bookmark). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Tom Benjey" wrote in message ... When I create an index for a Word 2007 document, I get entries like: Washington, George 1,2,3,7,11 but I want: Washington, George 1-3,7,11 What must I do to get page ranges instead of each individual page number when the item is found on 3 or more successive pages? Thanks, Tom |
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FrameMaker has a pretty steep learning curve (but it's worth it) and
doesn't necessarily import every feature of a Word file as expected, so if you ms. has complexities, you might not want to try it. IF it comes in ok, with all the existing index markers intact, then when you generate the index, it's a simple matter to have it condense the consecutive page references in the index -- except that anything to do with index formatting is hard to get at and you need to study the manual. (And I've most recently been in FM 6 for Mac and 7.2 for PC). Yes, FM actually comes with a manual! Hopefully the trial download includes the pdf of it. The index controls are on the last of the "Reference pages." The one thing about Word indexes that's better than FM indexes is that it will automatically index-mark every occurrence of a particular word. That's useful for minor topics that occur in widely separated places in the book. On Mar 11, 10:48*am, Tom Benjey wrote: Thank you for your assistance, grammatin and Suzanne. I have a 160,000 word book I want to index that includes chapters or sections on 50+ people. These people's names are the index entries most likely to include sequential page references. Other index entriy types don't exhibit this problem. I previously indexed a 60,000 word book using a concordance and was pleased with the results. Manually marking each index entry looks like it would be laborious to the extreme. Is it possible to edit the index Word creates to affect the change? FrameMaker can be downloaded for a 30-day free trial. *Does it require all this manual entry or can it use a concordance? Tom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: In order to include a range, you must select the included text and bookmark it, then include the bookmark in the XE field (in the Mark Index Entry dialog, there is a place to select the bookmark). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "Tom Benjey" wrote in message ... When I create an index for a Word 2007 document, I get entries like: Washington, George 1,2,3,7,11 but I want: Washington, George 1-3,7,11 What must I do to get page ranges instead of each individual page number when the item is found on 3 or more successive pages? Thanks, |
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