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<h1 id="hd_id3155911"><variable id="indices_index"><link href="text/swriter/guide/indices_index.xhp">Creating Alphabetical Indexes</link></variable></h1>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3154233" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click in your document where you want to insert the index.</paragraph>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3154252" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Insert - Table of Contents and Index - Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography</emph>.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3155884" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">On the <emph>Type</emph> tab, select "Alphabetical Index" in the <emph>Type</emph> box.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3147114" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">If you want to use a concordance file, select <item type="menuitem">Concordance file</item> in the <item type="menuitem">Options</item> area, click the <item type="menuitem">File</item> button, and then locate an existing file or create a new concordance file.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3150223" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Set the formatting options for the index, either on the current tab, or on any of the other tabs of this dialog. For example, if you want to use single letter headings in your index, click the <emph>Entries</emph> tab, and then select <emph>Alphabetical delimiter</emph>. To change the formatting of levels in the index, click the <emph>Styles</emph> tab.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3150946" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3150502" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">To update the index, right-click in the index, and then choose <emph>Update Index or Table of Contents</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3152760" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/swriter/01/04120250.xhp">Creating a concordance file</link></paragraph>
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