Word: Create index

As you can also create a table of contents in Word, you can also create a keyword index or index. This only takes a few steps and the index can be expanded at any time.

Word: 1. Select keywords for the index

The first thing you need to do is select all the keywords you want to include in your index.

1. Select a term that you want to include in your index.
2. In the "References" menu, click "Set Entry".
3. Decide whether you want to include every term of the same name in your document in the directory ("Specify all") or whether you only want to include the marked term in your index ("Specify).
4. Now select all the terms you want to include one after the other and click on "Set" or "Set all".
5. When you are finished, click "Close" to close the window.

Step 2: create index in Word

When you have selected all the terms, you can create the index.

1. Now type in the heading "Index" at the point in the text where you want to insert the index.
2. On the References menu, click Insert Index and set the number of columns.
3. Decide whether you want to right-justify the page numbers or directly after the entries.
4. For right-justified page numbers, choose fill characters.
5. Confirm the settings with "OK" to insert the index.
6. You can add additional entries to the index at any time (as explained above).