index formatting ?

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Is there any way to change the sorting method word uses for the index table?
In particular, I want word to sort only on alpha characters - not on
punctuation or numeric characters. I'm assuming I'll have to write some VB
code to gather the XE data and do my own sorting.

TIA,
Ken Erickson
 
I guess I wasn't clear enough with my wishes. I know how to insert the XE
references. That's not the problem. The problem has to do with how Word
sorts the table. There is no way that I can find to change the sort method.
I my case, I want to sort only Alpha characters. No sorting on punctuation
characters. I need this due some of my references have to have a number of
leading punctuation characters (mostly the period) but that same reference
has a non-punctuation reference of the same name (i.e.: .Rename and
Rename()) I would like them to be adjacent in the Index table but the first
reference is in the "." group while the second is in the "R" group. I have
to add a lot of "See .xxx and See Xxx" to my cross reference entries. I
manage to get around this by adding a large macro (5 pages) with a list of
all my punctuated cross references and move them to the appropriate letter
group. Have to remember to run the macro when I change something in the
rest of the document and that's happens on a daily basis.
 
What you have written seems to have to do with TOCs, not indexes.

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AFAIK, there is no way to force Word to sort this way, though there are a
lot of dictionary makers who wish it would, since the alphabetization
convention for dictionaries is to ignore spaces and punctuation, treat
numbers as if they were spelled out, etc.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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