I have two word documents, each of which is indexed. I need to merge the
indexes. Any ideas?

If you combine the two documents, delete one of the indexes, and update the
other, you should get the desired result, assuming both the indexes were
built in the default way, with no specific identifiers.

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"Don" wrote in message
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I have two word documents, each of which is indexed. I need to merge the
indexes. Any ideas?

Do you need to keep the two documents separate, but want one
index that covers both documents? If yes, then create a third
document for the combined index, insert an RD field for each of
the two original documents, and then insert an INDEX field.

Don wrote:

I have two word documents, each of which is indexed. I need to merge the
indexes. Any ideas?

[Jerry Naekel]

Don,

You jumped to the advanced level here. Please give just a brief explanation
of the "insert an RD field for each of the two original documents, and then
insert an INDEX field."

Would you please just type our one index entry so we can see what this would
look like.

Jerry N.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

Do you need to keep the two documents separate, but want one
index that covers both documents? If yes, then create a third
document for the combined index, insert an RD field for each of
the two original documents, and then insert an INDEX field.

Don wrote:

I have two word documents, each of which is indexed. I need to merge the
indexes. Any ideas?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Try looking at the Word Help file under the topic "Field codes: RD
(Referenced Document) field." You will find an example there (TOC rather
than index, but it works the same way).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Jerry Naekel" Jerry wrote in message
...
Don,

You jumped to the advanced level here. Please give just a brief
explanation
of the "insert an RD field for each of the two original documents, and
then
insert an INDEX field."

Would you please just type our one index entry so we can see what this
would
look like.

Jerry N.

"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:

Do you need to keep the two documents separate, but want one
index that covers both documents? If yes, then create a third
document for the combined index, insert an RD field for each of
the two original documents, and then insert an INDEX field.

Don wrote:

I have two word documents, each of which is indexed. I need to merge
the
indexes. Any ideas?