See Bicycles.' When you select text and mark it as an index entry, Word adds a special XE (Index Entry) field that includes the marked main entry and any cross-reference information that you choose to include.Īfter you mark all the index entries, you choose an index design and build the finished index. You can create an index entry for an individual word, phrase, or symbol, for a topic that spans a range of pages, or that refers to another entry, such as 'Transportation. To create an index, you mark the index entries by providing the name of the main entry and the cross-reference in your document, and then you build the index. LessĪn index lists the terms and topics that are discussed in a document, along with the pages that they appear on.
