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Word 2010 - Index with a sub heading

Anonymous
2013-04-27T11:47:02+00:00

I am stuck with index entries.   I have gone to the References ribbon, mark entries and marked all entries as I required and produced an index for a document.   However, there is an entry which should have 2 subheadings underneath the main entry and I have marked each of the 3 entries as separate entries.   I've tried to change it but it won't work.

Which steps do I need to get these 2 subheadings underneath the main entry, ie I have Holiday Entitlement as a main heading and should have 2 headings underneath it.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-04-27T13:08:57+00:00

    What is the syntax of the XE fields? You need to include the main heading along with the subheading. In the Mark Index Entry dialog, these are represented by "Main entry" and "Subentry." Filling both these in will give you a field such as { XE "books:cookbooks" }. If you need yet another level, just add a colon and another word: { XE "books:cookbooks:Italian" }.

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  1. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.1K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2013-04-28T13:44:41+00:00

    I'm glad that worked for you. Note that you don't have to re-mark the entries; you can edit the original entry. Display Hidden text to display the XE fields and just edit the relevant ones to have the required syntax.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-04-28T12:49:31+00:00

    What is the syntax of the XE fields? You need to include the main heading along with the subheading. In the Mark Index Entry dialog, these are represented by "Main entry" and "Subentry." Filling both these in will give you a field such as { XE "books:cookbooks" }. If you need yet another level, just add a colon and another word: { XE "books:cookbooks:Italian" }.

    Thank you for your help.  I went in and remarked the entries and updated the index and it's come out how I should have had it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-04-27T19:14:54+00:00

    Here is another way of doing it:

    Specifying Sub-entries in an AutoMark File

    http://word.tips.net/T001731_Specifying_Sub-entries_in_an_AutoMark_File.html

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