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Place the Text Insertion bar in the text or select a range of text to establish 1
the beginning of the text you want to index.
To enter text for the first-level entry in the Text field of the Index palette 2
(View menu), select text in the document or type in the field.
To override the alphabetical indexing of the entry, enter text in the Sort As 3
field. For example, if the entry is “20th Century,” you might want it sorted as
“Twentieth Century.” This does not affect the spelling of the index entry.
Choose First Level from the Level drop-down menu. 4
To override the default character formatting applied to a page number or 5
cross-reference, choose another character style sheet from the Style drop-
down menu. The default formatting is the character style of the entry text.
Choose an option from the Scope drop-down menu to specify the range of 6
text the index entry covers.
Click the Add button on the Index palette; the first-level index entry is 7
listed alphabetically in the Entries list. The indexed text is marked with
brackets or a box in the document. You can also click the Add All button to
add all occurrences of the selected text to the Entries list.
You can add an index entry by selecting the text in the document, displaying 
the context menu, and selecting Add to Index. The entry will be added using
the selected levels, style, and scope. The displayed context menu is the same
as the context menu for a text box, with the exception of Add to Index.
If you select a word, add it to an index, and then try to add the selected word to
the index again (for example, under a different level), you will receive an alert:
“An index reference already exists at this location.” To index the same word
more than once, place the Text Insertion bar in the word, then enter the desired
word in the Text field. The second index entry displays a box plus brackets for
the index marker.
Pressing Option/Alt changes the Add button to Add Reversed . The Add
Reversed button adds an entry to the Entries list in reverse order and adds a
comma to the entry. For example, “Elaine DeKooning” is added as “DeKooning,
Elaine” when you click the Add Reversed button. “Lila Cabot Perry” would be
added as “Perry, Lila Cabot.”
Pressing Option/Alt changes the Add All button to Add All Reversed . Clicking
the Add All Reversed button will add all occurrences of the selected text to the
Entries list in reverse order.