Word 2003 Indexes and Special Tables

Use Word for just a short time, and you quickly discover that the program provides dozens of different tools you can use to create special elements for your documents. Some of these elements are designed to make your longer documents easier for readers to use. Chief among these elements are indexes and special tables.

Word includes a complete indexing system that gives you a marvelous level of control over how your index is constructed. It also includes a variety of special tables that can provide a framework for different parts of your document. The most common among these is a table of contents, although other tables (such as a table of authorities) can be easily added.

Word 2003 Indexes and Special Tables, second edition, can help you make sense of the tools Word puts at your disposal to create these elements. Information is presented in bite-sized tips gathered from the pages of the WordTips newsletters over the years. Taken as a whole, these tips can help you make indexes and special tables a regular part of your document creation process.