Thank you very much for taking the time to make and post this video! FYI: For those who don't know, say for instance you have multiple occurrences of the word 'dog' in your document and you want them included in the index just select the word 'dog' ONCE, then 'Mark Entry' > "Mark All" button and it will mark all of them. Btw I haven't the slightest idea what a few others are complaining about. She never said that an index and a table of contents were the same, she said they were similar. In regard to table of contents, headings and subheadings will ONLY be automatically included in the table IF you applied a 'heading style' beforehand otherwise you will have to go through document and apply them. To make easier simply use the Navigation Pane to locate them OR the 'multiple pages' tool in the zoom group so you see all documents at one time and locate your headings faster and apply 'heading styles'.
Thanks that information about the dog entry helped me understand what to do. Last time I indexed a book years ago, none of this automation was available.
What I remember I think there is another optional way to mark the index in bulk at once when there are too many entries. Copy the whole list of names you want to mark, put in a document, then when mark, mark all. I think the teacher wants to reserve this surprise in another video. Can't blame her. I know a lot stuff, but I tend to forget when not used often, that's why we keep coming back here. Thank you for all your generous videos.
Excellent tutorial! Very patient and informative. Need to create a book index for my library science assignment. This was very helpful. The woman speaking has a lovely voice as well.
Thank you! I'm creating an index to let me find relevant information in an open-book test on a law school exam. I appreciate that this tutorial makes it so straightforward.
The woman means well but is confusing Table of Contents and Index. An Index is a list of all the names, subjects and ideas in a piece of written work, designed to help readers quickly find where they are discussed in the text.
Nonsense. Look at the actual index page at 7m30s. There you see that there actually is a list of characters. And the pages aren't in order as they would be in a TOC. I guess you didn't make it to the end of the video.
Hi, great video. However seems too laborious. Is it not possible to copy all sub headers using shift key before adding into index form? Would be quicker. If not, does Microsoft not offer an auto index which you can just edit afterwards?
You're confused between an Index and a Table of Contents (in fact you use the words interchangeably, but they are very far from the same thing). If you create a TOC Word will automatically lay out the headings and subheadings, you don't need to laboriously highlight each instance and 'mark' it. Imagine if your document was 300 pages long...
You need a course in interpretation or go back to school and start from the beginning altogether. It's quite obvious you're one one being confused. The information in this video is spot-on.
@@yeshiva1 No, you're wrong. Twice, actually. You use a comma splice and apparently you haven't noticed that at 3m41s the Mark Entry dialog is opened - that dialog has everything to do with indexes and nothing with TOCs. So who's confused? You and Daniel.
@@sandokanfirst2 It's a matter of semantics. You are correct that the way Microsoft Word is using the word "Index," that she has created an accurate Index. However, the way that most people use the word "index" of a book, lists out all the important terms in a book and their page numbers. So she has technically created an accurate Microsoft Word index, but it is much more like a Table of Contents, and has little value as an index. A real index would have all the important words in the document, and apparently Microsoft has no facility to do that automatically (though there is other software that can do it.)
@@yeshiva1 The big difference is that MS Word's TOC _can_ be generated automatically, provided the correct styles are used . How does other software determine which entries are "important"? I don't see how it could and hence have never had any problems with Word's indexing facility.
Wouldn't it make more sense to create a Table of Contents with those headings - much quicker and achieves the same end result!? Indexes are usually for marking up text and phrases within paragraphs - and you didn't show the 'Mark all' command which is imperative in an Index. You have a very clear voice but just a very poor example. Just saying...
Some of the headings I wouldn't have chosen for the example. But look at the actual index page at 7m30s. There you see that there actually is a list of characters. And the pages aren't in order as they would be in a TOC. I guess you didn't make it to the end of the video.
Very good tutorial for HEADINGS and Sub-HEADINGS. Did not explain how to tag or mark specific words or terms in the main body of a document. I have a two hundred page book with historical, legal, and religious terms along with graphics with captions. Tagging and indexing for those elements is not covered here. Also, as an educated adult it is redundant to include INDEX in the index the index listing. You wouldn't ever see it unless you were already in the Index obviously. For Headings and Sub-Headings this was very well done.
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There is a difference between an index and a table of contents. An index comes at the end but instead of headings and sub-headings you include words or terminology that readers might look for. A table of contents, which is what you inserted, comes at the beginning of a document.
The index is very useful when you want to put everything in alpha order. Now how I sort via my custom order. Example: let's say I have this on the table of contents: Table, Excel, Word, Adobe, Charts, Cross reference, X, One Drive. What if I want the table of contents put in this order: One Drive, X, Charts without changing the order in the document. How I would do it. Should I put 1 next to One Drive, 2 next to X, 3 to Charts? Or should I put all the contents of the document in 2 columns tables. 1st column put the numbers, 2nd column the subjects, and then ask the table to sort from 1 to 20 and so?
Hey, so the contents appears at the beginning and the index is at that end. The index usually lists important words/headings from a text in alphabetical order.
thanks really helped me a lot. I am amazed that ms office has most of their things done perfectly, but this one is so tedious and using the hidden markings for it makes it really bad for checking if I have it correct
As someone else said, this is about Content, using Headings, not Index which should have shown how to index topics within the text that are not headings.
This is about building an index. She just coincidently chose to use her headings for her marked words. She could have easily picked the words in the sections to mark, they too would have show up in the index. it even shows it being an index in word, and the options. Typically, the topics which are chosen to be included in an index, are also important enough to be some layer of heading (many of mind are like heading level 3 or 4). However, you can pick ANY text, and mark it to be in the index using the EXACT steps in the video.
for some reason, in my 289 page document, it recorded the page numbers as; 1-289 instead of listing the pages on which the marked words actually appear.
How do you mark an entry in the index that cross references a bookmarks a text in the index. Wow I'm so confused by what i just wrote. But the question is a valid one all the same.
Why use the index capability to create a table of contents when Word will automatically create a TOC using the headers you have defined? An index is used to organize key words in a document so that these words can be located quickly. This video completely misses the point of an index. Yes, it shows the mechanics, but it really misses the point of an index.
A long and laborious way of creating a table of contents. NOT an index! You could do this with a single click without all that faff. I'll need to go elsewhere to find out about indexes.
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Thank you very much for taking the time to make and post this video!
FYI: For those who don't know, say for instance you have multiple occurrences of the word 'dog' in your document and you want them included in the index just select the word 'dog' ONCE, then 'Mark Entry' > "Mark All" button and it will mark all of them.
Btw I haven't the slightest idea what a few others are complaining about. She never said that an index and a table of contents were the same, she said they were similar. In regard to table of contents, headings and subheadings will ONLY be automatically included in the table IF you applied a 'heading style' beforehand otherwise you will have to go through document and apply them. To make easier simply use the Navigation Pane to locate them OR the 'multiple pages' tool in the zoom group so you see all documents at one time and locate your headings faster and apply 'heading styles'.
Thanks that information about the dog entry helped me understand what to do. Last time I indexed a book years ago, none of this automation was available.
Thank you, that is very helpful
Nicely explained, and you have a very good accent and clear pronunciation. Thank you for posting.
What I remember I think there is another optional way to mark the index in bulk at once when there are too many entries. Copy the whole list of names you want to mark, put in a document, then when mark, mark all. I think the teacher wants to reserve this surprise in another video. Can't blame her. I know a lot stuff, but I tend to forget when not used often, that's why we keep coming back here. Thank you for all your generous videos.
Excellent tutorial! Very patient and informative. Need to create a book index for my library science assignment. This was very helpful. The woman speaking has a lovely voice as well.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm watching this at 1 AM because i have a Word knowledge test, and our teacher is an old hag.
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Best of luck!
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@@nazaroditella9170 It went better than expected! I got a B+ :)
Thank you! I'm creating an index to let me find relevant information in an open-book test on a law school exam. I appreciate that this tutorial makes it so straightforward.
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Thank you for a succinct description of indexing details in word.
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The woman means well but is confusing Table of Contents and Index. An Index is a list of all the names, subjects and ideas in a piece of written work, designed to help readers quickly find where they are discussed in the text.
Nonsense. Look at the actual index page at 7m30s. There you see that there actually is a list of characters. And the pages aren't in order as they would be in a TOC. I guess you didn't make it to the end of the video.
Hi, great video.
However seems too laborious. Is it not possible to copy all sub headers using shift key before adding into index form? Would be quicker. If not, does Microsoft not offer an auto index which you can just edit afterwards?
You're confused between an Index and a Table of Contents (in fact you use the words interchangeably, but they are very far from the same thing). If you create a TOC Word will automatically lay out the headings and subheadings, you don't need to laboriously highlight each instance and 'mark' it. Imagine if your document was 300 pages long...
You need a course in interpretation or go back to school and start from the beginning altogether. It's quite obvious you're one one being confused. The information in this video is spot-on.
@@sandokanfirst2 No, Daniel Allen is right. And I did go back to school, I have a Ph.D.
@@yeshiva1 No, you're wrong. Twice, actually. You use a comma splice and apparently you haven't noticed that at 3m41s the Mark Entry dialog is opened - that dialog has everything to do with indexes and nothing with TOCs. So who's confused? You and Daniel.
@@sandokanfirst2 It's a matter of semantics. You are correct that the way Microsoft Word is using the word "Index," that she has created an accurate Index. However, the way that most people use the word "index" of a book, lists out all the important terms in a book and their page numbers. So she has technically created an accurate Microsoft Word index, but it is much more like a Table of Contents, and has little value as an index. A real index would have all the important words in the document, and apparently Microsoft has no facility to do that automatically (though there is other software that can do it.)
@@yeshiva1 The big difference is that MS Word's TOC _can_ be generated automatically, provided the correct styles are used .
How does other software determine which entries are "important"? I don't see how it could and hence have never had any problems with Word's indexing facility.
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Wouldn't it make more sense to create a Table of Contents with those headings - much quicker and achieves the same end result!? Indexes are usually for marking up text and phrases within paragraphs - and you didn't show the 'Mark all' command which is imperative in an Index. You have a very clear voice but just a very poor example. Just saying...
Some of the headings I wouldn't have chosen for the example. But look at the actual index page at 7m30s. There you see that there actually is a list of characters. And the pages aren't in order as they would be in a TOC. I guess you didn't make it to the end of the video.
Very good tutorial for HEADINGS and Sub-HEADINGS. Did not explain how to tag or mark specific words or terms in the main body of a document. I have a two hundred page book with historical, legal, and religious terms along with graphics with captions. Tagging and indexing for those elements is not covered here. Also, as an educated adult it is redundant to include INDEX in the index the index listing. You wouldn't ever see it unless you were already in the Index obviously. For Headings and Sub-Headings this was very well done.
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There is a difference between an index and a table of contents. An index comes at the end but instead of headings and sub-headings you include words or terminology that readers might look for. A table of contents, which is what you inserted, comes at the beginning of a document.
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Clearest exposition. Thnx.
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Oh thank you! This is so helpful!
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The index is very useful when you want to put everything in alpha order. Now how I sort via my custom order. Example: let's say I have this on the table of contents: Table, Excel, Word, Adobe, Charts, Cross reference, X, One Drive. What if I want the table of contents put in this order: One Drive, X, Charts without changing the order in the document. How I would do it. Should I put 1 next to One Drive, 2 next to X, 3 to Charts? Or should I put all the contents of the document in 2 columns tables. 1st column put the numbers, 2nd column the subjects, and then ask the table to sort from 1 to 20 and so?
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explained perfectly, thank you
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Very helpful video for the word processing section of my course !
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You made it so complicated. Also on the last page and alphabetical order. Which makes very less sense of having an index.
Thank you, a very useful video
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Thanks for the Video was of real help, just a question should't we have our index in the beginning of the document.
Hey, so the contents appears at the beginning and the index is at that end. The index usually lists important words/headings from a text in alphabetical order.
thanks really helped me a lot. I am amazed that ms office has most of their things done perfectly, but this one is so tedious and using the hidden markings for it makes it really bad for checking if I have it correct
Can you get index headings to link to the corresponding page for simplicity?
As someone else said, this is about Content, using Headings, not Index which should have shown how to index topics within the text that are not headings.
This is about building an index.
She just coincidently chose to use her headings for her marked words.
She could have easily picked the words in the sections to mark, they too would have show up in the index.
it even shows it being an index in word, and the options.
Typically, the topics which are chosen to be included in an index, are also important enough to be some layer of heading (many of mind are like heading level 3 or 4).
However, you can pick ANY text, and mark it to be in the index using the EXACT steps in the video.
Very clear and helpful!
Hi, it was great and down to the point
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for some reason, in my 289 page document, it recorded the page numbers as; 1-289 instead of listing the pages on which the marked words actually appear.
How do you mark an entry in the index that cross references a bookmarks a text in the index. Wow I'm so confused by what i just wrote. But the question is a valid one all the same.
The XE stuff still appears when i turn the marks off !!!!!!!! SO FKCIN ANNOYING WTF !!!
How to order my index based on page number?
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IT WASN'T NOT USEFUL TO ME!... I was interested in a pg that shows important words within texts that support the subheadings
seems more a table of contents than index no?
Can you provide a copy of the texting so that we can practice. I tried to follow your screens steps, but cooking solicitation keeps covering
How to arrange them in accordance with the page no
Any idea how to also bookmark/hyperlink while doing this? The index is a list, but I would like it to jump to the place.
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Why use the index capability to create a table of contents when Word will automatically create a TOC using the headers you have defined? An index is used to organize key words in a document so that these words can be located quickly. This video completely misses the point of an index. Yes, it shows the mechanics, but it really misses the point of an index.
how to index a figure? If I want a figure, i.e. figure1.1 to be shown in the index, such as fish.... page 2, f1.1. Is there a way to do it? thanks
Very time consuming
But why is it ordered in alphabetical order? what an absolute garbage of a feature.
While it may seem limiting, it’s designed to follow a standard format for consistency and ease of use across different documents.
didn't work at all
A long and laborious way of creating a table of contents. NOT an index! You could do this with a single click without all that faff. I'll need to go elsewhere to find out about indexes.
This is very annoyng, this bloody video keep poping up all the time, what I have to do to get rid off this video? change computer? what a creep
Thank you