You have probably seen it in the back of a book or in a Word document: an extensive list of keywords with references to the pages where that word appears. That seems like a lot of work, but such an index is quite easy to make. Although it does take time and you have to think carefully about how you want to design the whole and which words you want to include in it. You have to come up with the latter yourself, we can help you with the technical aspect.
One level index mark
To experiment with generating an index, it is helpful to have a document with a lot of information. It is important to know that an index can have a main and a sub (see that as a main category and subcategory). Find a word in your text that is relevant and select it. The text we use as an example is about the iPad, so the word iPad is not relevant, because that's what the whole text is about. We select the word display, because it is relevant. Once you have selected the word, click the tab in the ribbon References and then the button Itemto mark (or use the key combination Alt+Shift+X). The window Index entryto mark appears, with the selected word entered. click on To mark. A code will now appear in the text indicating that the word has been marked for indexing. The window remains open so that you can click on all the words you want to index.
Selecting the word and clicking Mark Item will add the word to the index.
Two Level Index Marker
In the first step, we created an index marker with a main entry. Now we are going to create one with a subdata. Select a relevant word in the text, which falls under a main category. In our text, for example, the word scratches falls under the category display. In the window Index entryto mark scratches automatically Main data posted, but we don't want that. Copy that text (Ctrl+C) and paste it in the field sub-data (Ctrl+V). Bee Main data now enter the word display, after which you click on To mark. Again a code is inserted after the selected word, but this time consisting of the two words you entered. By the way, don't be alarmed by the other codes (dots, characters) that appear in the text, Word has switched to the mode in which codes for formatting are displayed. In the tab Start If you see an inverted P (¶), click it to switch back to normal view or use Ctrl+*.
By defining a master entry and a sub entry, you get a very detailed index.
Generate Index
The codes shown in the text probably don't tell you much yet, because it doesn't look like an index at all. That's because it's not an index either, you still have to generate it yourself based on the codes you've just placed. When you have gone through the entire text and marked all the words you want to include in the index, you can generate the index. Incidentally, this is also possible in between, because once generated you can simply delete the index again. Go to a new page at the bottom of the document and click in the tab References next to Mark item by Indexinsert. The window Index now appears, in which you can specify how the index should look like (such as right-align page numbering, number of columns, and so on). at the bottom at Layout you can select several formats so that you can try out what works best for your document. click on OK to generate the index and it will appear completely alphabetically, including references to the pages.
When you generate the index it suddenly all becomes clear. A wonderfully clear list of keywords.
