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Subject:Re: Indexing with Word From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 21 Nov 2002 15:47:32 -0500
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> Okay, I have a question for the group. I recently created an index for a
> software manual that did not previously have one. Anyway, the first page of
> the index is page number 150 following the last page of the manual (149),
> but then the second page of the index starts over at page 1 and continues
> through page 15.
> I have tried reformatting the page numbers for the entire manual, but that
> really created some problems with the TOC and index fields, not to mention
> the entire page numbering throughout the manual. So, in order to print the
> document for hard copy revisions for myself and others in the office, I have
> to reformat page numbers from the second page of the index by selecting the
> 'continue from previous section'.
> Is there a way I can fix this without all the BS? I am fairly accomplished
> with Microsoft products, but this has been driving me crazy. It seems that
> there is something I am missing, I should be able to do it with a couple of
> clicks of the mouse.
>
Kelly,
You do not want your index to begin on an odd page? If you have a new section
for the index, and you've told Word to start new sections on odd pages, that
could be what it is doing.
I used to build books in Word. It is not your fault. Word does things
unbidden. It changes the type of section break before an index for no apparent
reason.
In your present case, however, I would check the odd/even page setup that
you've chosen for the whole document and then make sure you've begun your
index on the right page.
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