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Index Members (Word)

Represents a single index. The Index object is a member of the Indexes collection. The Indexes collection includes all the indexes in the specified document.

Methods

Name

Description

Delete

Deletes the specified index.

Update

Updates the entries shown in specified index.

Properties

Name

Description

AccentedLetters

True if the specified index contains separate headings for accented letters (for example, words that begin with "À" are under one heading and words that begin with "A" are under another). Read/write Boolean.

Application

Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.

Creator

Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.

Filter

Returns or sets a value that specifies how Microsoft Word classifies the first character of entries in the specified index.read/write Long. Can be one of the following wdIndexFilter constants.

HeadingSeparator

Returns or sets the text between alphabetical groups (entries that start with the same letter) in the index. Corresponds to the \h switch for an INDEX field. Read/write WdHeadingSeparator.

IndexLanguage

Returns or sets a WdLanguageID constant that represents the sorting language to use for the specified index. Read/write .

NumberOfColumns

Sets or returns the number of columns for each page of an index. Read/write Long.

Parent

Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified Index object.

Range

Returns a Range object that represents the portion of a document that is contained within an index.

RightAlignPageNumbers

True if page numbers are aligned with the right margin in an index. Read/write Boolean.

SortBy

Returns or sets the sorting criteria for the specified index. Read/write WdIndexSortBy.

TabLeader

Returns or sets the leader character between entries in an index and their associated page numbers. Read/write WdTabLeader.

Type

Returns or sets the index type. Read/write WdIndexType.