Writer Guide

• Key separated by commas. Arranges the entries in the index on
the same line but separated by commas.
• Tab position relative to Paragraph Style indent. When
checked, entries are indented according to the settings of their
individual formats. Where a paragraph style with an indent on the
left is in use, tab stops will be relative to this indent. If this option
is not selected, tab stops will be relative to the left margin
position.
Using the Styles, Columns and Background pages
Refer to “Using the Styles page” on page 383, “Using the Columns
page” on page 384, and “Using the Background page” on page 385.
Maintaining an index
To modify the appearance of an index:
1) Click anywhere in the index and then right-click.
2) From the pop-up menu, choose Edit Index/Table. The Insert
Index/Table dialog box opens and you can edit and save the index
using the five tabs described in the previous section.
To update or delete an index, follow the process described in the
sections “Updating a table of contents” and “Deleting a table of
contents” on page 389.
Viewing and editing existing index entries
Once you have added the initial entries, you can make some
amendments or add some new ones. You can view and edit these using
the following steps:
1) Ensure that field shading is active (Tools > Options >
OpenOffice.org> Appearance > Text Document > Field
shadings), so you can locate index entries more easily.
2) Place the cursor immediately to the left of an existing index entry
in the body of your document and select Edit > Index Entry.
Alternatively, right-click on the word or phrase and from the pop-
up menu select Index Entry.
3) A dialog box similar to Figure 342 appears. You can move through
the various index entries using the forward and back arrow
buttons. If there is more than one entry for a single word or
phrase, then you can scroll through each of the entries.
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