Microsoft Word Tutorial: Create an Index in Word

An index lists the terms and topics discussed in a document listed in alphabetical order. It is usually located at the end of a document. It allows the reader to quickly jump to pages of interest by clicking on the page number associated with the index entry. To create an index in Word, you must first go through the document and mark points of interest as index entries. Once complete, the index can be inserted.

It is important to remember to update the index if anything in the document changes to ensure that the page numbers still correspond with the topic. Note, an Index page is different from a Contents Page!

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[conwaybown]

Nicely explained, and you have a very good accent and clear pronunciation. Thank you for posting.

[stoleethatsme]

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'.

[tutsecret]

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.

[satvirsingh]

Thank you for a succinct description of indexing details in word.

[XenjiOW]

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.
THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES!

[jancijan]

came in clutch. I have a word test tomorrow thanks

[kristenj]

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.

[tutsecret]

Thank you very much! I am studying for job tests. God bless you double.

[thenewya]

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.

[britishagent]

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?

[Kozlik]

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

[jaimeechristie]

Very helpful video for the word processing section of my course !

[alirezakhorram]

Hi, it was great and down to the point
Thanks

[kjvstats]

Thanks for this Video. Much appreciated.

[MM-uwlc]

Love her lessons. Thank you dear. A hug from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

[smoker]

Can you get index headings to link to the corresponding page for simplicity?

[ShinraSenshi]

Thank you so much, saved more than half my year marks

[SweeetZe]

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.

[heatherking]

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.