Alphabetic Indexes

Apache OpenOffice 4.1 Writer Guide

Chapter 12: Tables of Contents, Indexes, and Bibliographies

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• Introduction
• Tables of Contents
  • Creating a Table of Contents Quickly
  • Customizing a Table of Contents
    • Index/Table Tab
    • Changing the Title
    • Setting the Type of Index
  • Protecting against Manual Changes
    • Changing the Number of Levels Included
    • Choosing the Scope of the Table of Contents
  • Creating a Table of Contents from an Outline
  • Creating from Additional Styles
  • Creating from Index Marks
    • Entries Page
    • Adding Elements
    • Changing Elements
    • Applying Changes to All Outline Levels
    • Deleting Elements
    • Hyperlinking an Entry
    • Applying Character Styles
    • Tab Position Relative to Paragraph Style Indent
    • Styles Tab
    • Columns Tab
    • Background Tab
    • Adding Color
    • Adding a Graphic
    • Deleting a Color or Graphic
  • Maintaining a Table of Contents
    • Editing a table of contents
    • Updating a Table of Contents
    • Deleting a Table of Contents
• Alphabetic Indexes
  • Adding Index Entries
  • Creating an Alphabetic Index Quickly
  • Customizing Index Entries
    • Example of Using an Index Key
  • Customizing the Appearance of an Index
    • Index/Table Page
    • Entries Tab
    • Adding Elements
    • Changing Elements
    • Deleting Elements
    • Applying Character Styles
    • Formatting Entries
    • Styles, and Background Tabs
    • Columns Tab
    • Adding Multiple Columns
  • Maintaining an Index
  • Viewing and Editing Existing Index Entries
• Other Types of Indexes
  • Example: Creating an Index of Figures
• Bibliographies
  • Creating a Bibliographic Database
    • Filtering Records
    • Changing Column Details
    • Changing the Data Source
    • Changing Field Details
  • Adding Entries to the Database
  • Maintaining Entries in the Database
  • Adding a Reference (Citation) into a Document
  • Formatting the Bibliography
    • Index/Table tabs
    • Entries Tab
    • Styles, Columns and Background tabs
    • Generating the Bibliography
  • Defining the Paragraph Style for the Bibliography
  • Updating and Editing an Existing Bibliography

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Alphabetic Indexes

An alphabetical index (referred to as an index) is a list of keywords or phrases used throughout a document that, if listed in order with page numbers, may help the reader find information quickly. Generally an index is found in the back of a book or document.

This section describes how to:

• Add index entries.
• Create an alphabetic index quickly.
• Customize the display of index entries.
• Customize the appearance of the index.
• View and edit existing index entries.