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Create and manage indexes - Microsoft Word Tutorial
From the course: Cert Prep: Word Expert - Microsoft Office Specialist for Microsoft 365 Apps
Create and manage indexes
- [Instructor] An index is a reference that can be added to a document to help those reading the document find specific content. This may sound similar to a table of contents and while it is, we're going to try it out so that you can see some of the differences. Before we get started with setting up an index, let's display the hidden formatting symbols within this document. It's going to be helpful for us to see where we're creating the index entries and to be able to manage those index entries later on. It's here on the home ribbon. Over here in the paragraph group, we'll go ahead and select Show/Hide. Now you'll notice that we have some of these hidden symbols that are displayed, showing us where we have formatting like this page break, and where we have spaces and all sorts of stuff within this document. All right, let's continue scrolling down. We're going to go to page four. Now, indexes are really helpful when…
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Create Quick Parts2m 16s
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Manage building blocks2m 52s
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Create custom color sets3m 11s
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Create custom font sets2m 11s
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Create custom themes1m 36s
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Create custom style sets2m 58s
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Create and manage indexes7m 29s
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Create and manage tables of figures7m 46s
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Create and manage bibliographies7m 22s
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Challenge: Create custom document elements37s
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Solution: Create custom document elements10m 52s
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