transferring index contents into text file

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Jeff

Hi

I am trying to extract the contents of an index Word 2002 created into a
simple text file I can send to the book publishers who need it as a PC
file. When I copy and paste the index into a new separate Word file and
then try to print it, the new index changes into an error message.

How can I create a new file containing the index text formatted the way
it is presently formatted in the original document?

Thank you.
 
Open the document that contains the index. Select the index. Press
Ctrl+Shift+F9 to convert the index field to ordinary text. Copy and
paste the index text to a new document. Close the original document
without saving changes.
 
Aha! Thank you.

Jeff

garfield-n-odie said:
Open the document that contains the index. Select the index. Press
Ctrl+Shift+F9 to convert the index field to ordinary text. Copy and
paste the index text to a new document. Close the original document
without saving changes.
Click to expand...
 
You can equally well copy and paste the "live" index into a new document;
just unlink it before you print (printing updates fields).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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