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Hi There,
I have a master document which contains 20 subdocuments. Some text is
marked with the XE code for use in an index. But when I generate the index,
it doesn't come out alphabetical. Instead it comes out in the order they
appear in the subdocument. See below. This is Word 2000 on windows xp. Any
suggestions?

Thank you! Sue


Enter Item Number
Key Product on the Line 4
Internal notes 3
Line Item Information 2
Starting an Order 3

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Default Index in Master Document

Sorry, I don't have an answer because I don't use Master Documents. However,
you may need the reason I don't more than you need an answer. "Master
Document" is a term of art in Word referring to a "feature" that not only
doesn't work but also destroys documents. The consensus (with the limited
exception of Steve Hudson) among those offering advice on these newsgroups
is that using the Master Document feature is a good way to destroy your
document. It can destroy parts of your document that you are not even
working on! I think John McGhie said it succinctly when he said that there
are two kinds of Master Documents: Those that are corrupt and those that
will be corrupt soon. See
http://www.addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm for information on the
Master Document feature and workarounds. See
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...ocsCorrupt.htm for more
information on what goes wrong, and
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Genera...MasterDocs.htm for ideas on how
to salvage what you can. See
http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ma...masterdocs.doc for
Steve Hudson's instructions if you are willing to follow them very
carefully.

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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Hi There,
I have a master document which contains 20 subdocuments. Some text is
marked with the XE code for use in an index. But when I generate the
index,
it doesn't come out alphabetical. Instead it comes out in the order they
appear in the subdocument. See below. This is Word 2000 on windows xp.
Any
suggestions?

Thank you! Sue


Enter Item Number
Key Product on the Line 4
Internal notes 3
Line Item Information 2
Starting an Order 3



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