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Software can automate the process of typing, formatting, and updating page
numbers in an index, but a person has to decide what goes into a meaningful,
useful index. Since the process cannot be fully automated, it may take extra
time to create an index, but when your readers are able to find the information
they need, it will be time well spent.
Specifying the index marker color
When you add a word to an index, QuarkXPress tags it with brackets or a box;
these are called index markers. Index markers are displayed in a document
when the Index palette is open (Windows > Index). You can customize the color
of index markers using the Index Preferences dialog box.
Choose QuarkXPress/Edit > Preferences > Index. 1
Click the Index Marker Color button to display a color picker. 2
Use the sliders, arrows, fields, or color wheel to specify a color for the index 3
markers.
Click OK to close the color picker; then click OK to close the Index 4
Preferences dialog box.
When you index a range of text, it is marked with brackets. When you place 
the Text Insertion bar in text and enter an index entry, the location is marked
with a box.
Creating index entries
Each item in an index, whether it is one word or several, is called an entry. Each
entry is assigned a level. Levels indicate the hierarchy of the entry, from first to
fourth. First level entries are the most general, and fourth level entries are the
most specific.
QuarkXPress lets you create four levels of index entries in a nested index and
two levels of index entries in a run-in index.
Creating a first-level index entry
A first-level index entry is a primary topic sorted alphabetically in an index.
Before you start adding words to the index, you need to decide whether you 
are creating a nested index or a run-in index. A nested index has up to four
levels of information with entries separated by paragraph returns and
different style sheets. A run-in index has two levels of information with
second level entries immediately following first-level entries in the same
paragraph.