Creating multiple indexes in one word file

Hi Flauber,

Yes, you can do what you want in Word.

Here is my page on indices: Indices - Complex Documents

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See the note for multiple indices.

You need to add or use identifiers with the \f switch to separate entries into different indices.

Index entries are fields as is the index itself. These can be edited directly, not just through the dialogs. Here are links to the support pages about these fields.

• XE - Index Entry Field: https://support.office.com/article/Field-codes-XE-Index-Entry-field-abaf7c78-6e21-418d-bf8b-f8186d2
• Index Field: https://support.office.com/article/Field-codes-Index-field-adafcf4a-cb30-43f6-85c7-743da1635d9e

See my remarks on entering and toggling field codes to see how to edit your fields.

How to type Fields in Microsoft Word by Charles Kenyon

http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/fields.htm#typefields

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I hope this information helps.

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Regards

Charles has some good reference pages for you to read.

My book uses multiple indices, categorized by the software that is relevant to the entry. The field code for the index of Excel-related topics looks like this when the field codes are toggled: { INDEX \c "1" \z "4105" \f "Excel" }

Then, scattered through the text are XE fields that mark the text to be added to the index. These look like this: { XE "Locking Shapes in Excel" \f "Excel" }

The significant switch is \f, the identifier. The index will automatically show only topics marked with the Excel identifier, since that appears in both the XE and INDEX fields.