Adding index entries to your document

The Word manual gives full instructions for adding index entries. Basically:

  1. Select the text you want to index
  2. Press Alt+Shift+X together to display the Mark Index entry box
  3. Edit the entry
  4. Select Mark
  5. The index entry appears within your text within curly brackets
  6. You can hide the index entries by clicking on the end of paragraph marker in the tool bar, or from the Tools:Options...:View menu by unchecking the All button
  7. If you want to add further entries, edit the entry and select Mark for each one
  8. Select Close to return to the text

When you have added your index entries you are ready to create the index chapter.