Creating an index in Word 2002 Gwen 27.07.2006 11:33:01 Hello, I'm trying to create an index. But I can't figure out how to include the same noun both in the singular and in the plural. For example, I'd like the entry to look like "Linguistic right(s)", rather than create two different entries (i.e. "Linguistic right" and "Linguistic rights"). Thanks for your help. Gwen

Re: Creating an index in Word 2002 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 27.07.2006 13:35:26 The entry will say whatever you put in the XE field. When you select text in the document and press Alt+Shift+X, you can edit the display text for the index entry. If your XE fields are created with a concordance file, you can either set up the concordance properly or edit the XE fields afterward. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Gwen" <Gwen[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2A4923D9-D06E-442B-8244-6114A66F6E6D[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hello, > I'm trying to create an index. But I can't figure out how to include the > same noun both in the singular and in the plural. For example, I'd like the > entry to look like "Linguistic right(s)", rather than create two different > entries (i.e. "Linguistic right" and "Linguistic rights"). > Thanks for your help. > Gwen

Re: Creating an index in Word 2002 Gwen 29.07.2006 05:41:02 Hello, I've looked at your reply, however, if I use a : in the XE field (Ex: {XE "language policies:language policy"}) I get two separate entries "language policy" and "language policies", but would like my index to consider those two entries as one. Also, I'm afraid I don't know how a concordance file works... Thank you for your patience. Gwen "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: [Quoted Text] > The entry will say whatever you put in the XE field. When you select text in > the document and press Alt+Shift+X, you can edit the display text for the > index entry. If your XE fields are created with a concordance file, you can > either set up the concordance properly or edit the XE fields afterward. > > -- > Suzanne S. Barnhill > Microsoft MVP (Word) > Words into Type > Fairhope, Alabama USA > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so > all may benefit. > > "Gwen" <Gwen[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:2A4923D9-D06E-442B-8244-6114A66F6E6D[ at ]microsoft.com... > > Hello, > > I'm trying to create an index. But I can't figure out how to include the > > same noun both in the singular and in the plural. For example, I'd like > the > > entry to look like "Linguistic right(s)", rather than create two different > > entries (i.e. "Linguistic right" and "Linguistic rights"). > > Thanks for your help. > > Gwen > >

Re: Creating an index in Word 2002 "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> 29.07.2006 14:06:33 Where did I suggest using a colon? That always creates a subentry. What I said was that you can't always accept without editing the text that Word puts into the XE field if you create it by selecting text in the document and pressing Alt+Shift+X. If you want a single entry for, say, "language policy," then when you select "language policies" in the text and press Alt+Shift+X in the text and get { XE "language policies" }, you must edit this to say { XE "language policy" }. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Gwen" <Gwen[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EC96FF46-E74B-49AE-B28E-52176339142C[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hello, > I've looked at your reply, however, if I use a : in the XE field (Ex: {XE > "language policies:language policy"}) I get two separate entries "language > policy" and "language policies", but would like my index to consider those > two entries as one. > Also, I'm afraid I don't know how a concordance file works... > Thank you for your patience. > Gwen > > > > "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: > > > The entry will say whatever you put in the XE field. When you select text in > > the document and press Alt+Shift+X, you can edit the display text for the > > index entry. If your XE fields are created with a concordance file, you can > > either set up the concordance properly or edit the XE fields afterward. > > > > -- > > Suzanne S. Barnhill > > Microsoft MVP (Word) > > Words into Type > > Fairhope, Alabama USA > > Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org > > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so > > all may benefit. > > > > "Gwen" <Gwen[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:2A4923D9-D06E-442B-8244-6114A66F6E6D[ at ]microsoft.com... > > > Hello, > > > I'm trying to create an index. But I can't figure out how to include the > > > same noun both in the singular and in the plural. For example, I'd like > > the > > > entry to look like "Linguistic right(s)", rather than create two different > > > entries (i.e. "Linguistic right" and "Linguistic rights"). > > > Thanks for your help. > > > Gwen > > > >