> You'll need to insert a section break at the point where you want the
> endnotes to appear. Since there's ordinarily a section break before
> the index anyway, that should suffice, but if you have something
> above the index (a single-column heading, for example, while the
> index is in double columns), then you'll need to insert another and
> force the endnotes to appear before that.
>
> Also, a grayed box generally indicates mixed settings. This would be
> the case if you had "Whole document" selected for the "Apply to" as
> opposed to "This section."
>
>
> "Jeff" <jeff[ at ]naol.com> wrote in message
> news:%236R5SqEtHHA.508[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Sorry for being obtuse, but I went to each section and in each case
>> (all of them) the "Suppress endnotes" box was grayed out (but had a
>> check mark in it). Weird.
>>
>> I then decided to go all the way:
>> 1. I searched for and deleted ALL section breaks (did not need them
>> in this document anyway)
>> 2. I switched to Normal view (as per web instructions) went to
>> Ctrl-End and inserted a Section Break (Next Page) at that point
>> (Endnotes are not visible).
>> 3. I looked at the section above that newly inserted Section Break
>> (which in Normal view contained the index but which did not show the
>> endnotes) and this time "Page Setup/Layout did have the "Suppress
>> endnotes" box not grayed out and selected.
>> 4. Put the cursor past the section break and changed the "Suppress
>> endnotes" to unchecked.
>>
>> Index is still present before the endnotes. Achh!!
>>
>> I'm doing something wrong but do not know what.
>>
>> (The endnote options has "Location" as "End of section").
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>>
>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:%23r6o5TEtHHA.3676[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Now, for each section from the beginning of the document to the
>>> next-to-last
>>> section preceding the index, section by section, go to the Layout
>>> tab of
>>> Page Setup and check the box for "Suppress endnotes." Leave the box
>>> unchecked for the section that should come immediately before the
>>> endnotes
>>> (that is, the section preceding the index). When you have done that
>>> and
>>> switch back to Page Layout view, you should find that the endnotes
>>> and index
>>> have switched places.
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> "Jeff" <jeff[ at ]naol.com> wrote in message
>>> news:usWk$wBtHHA.4196[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> Dear Suzanne,
>>>>
>>>> I hate to bother you with silly questions but I am having trouble
>>>> following the directions in the reference page you kindly gave me.
>>>>
>>>> I'm working in Word 2002 and this long document already has 800+
>>>> existing endnotes and a 14 page Index - which because I could not
>>>> force
>>>> Word to let me do otherwise - is presently located in the document
>>>> before the endnotes.
>>>>
>>>> Following the instructions in
>>>>
>
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/FootnoteFAQContent.htm#TextAfterNotes>>>>
>>>> 1. I've switched to "Normal view" went to the end of the document
>>>> (Ctrl-End) and inserted a Section Break (Next Page).
>>>>
>>>> 2. I went to the mbeginning of te first endnote and selected "Note
>>>> Options" in which I changed to "End of Section" location and
>>>> applied it
>>>> to the whole document.
>>>>
>>>> But, I am not sure what I now have to do to move or recreate the
>>>> index
>>>> in the correct position after the endnotes. What view should I
>>>> switch
>>>> to and what exactly do i need to do.
>>>>
>>>> Hope that is clear Suzanne.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>>
>>>> Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
>>>>> The endnotes should definitely appear before the index (this is
>>>>> conventional); to achieve this, see the instructions in
>>>>>
>>>
>
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/FootnoteFAQContent.htm#TextAfterNotes.>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Jeff" <jeff[ at ]naol.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:%23$sfMM9sHHA.912[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Using Word 2002 in Windows XP.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am able to mark (Alt-Shift-X) certain words in a book's
>>>>>> endnotes as
>>>>>> entries to be appear in the book's index. However, I noticed that
>>>>>> updating the index (F9) does not make these endnote index entries
>>>>>> appear in the resulting index. This might be because the index
>>>>>> field in my document is located at the end of the document but
>>>>>> before where the endnotes begin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is it possible to place the index after rather than before where
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> endnotes begin and would that make endnote entries appear in the
>>>>>> resulting updated index? Is there another way to make them
>>>>>> appear in
>>>>>> the index?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeff