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         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Creating Alphabetical Indexes</title>
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      <bookmark_value>indexes; alphabetical indexes</bookmark_value>
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                 oldref="24"><variable id="indices_index"><link href="text/swriter/guide/indices_index.xhp" name="Creating Alphabetical Indexes">Creating Alphabetical Indexes</link>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154233" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="25">Click in your document where you want to insert the index.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154252" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="26">Choose <emph>Insert - Indexes and Tables - Indexes and Tables</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155884" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="31">On the <emph>Index/Table</emph> tab, select "Alphabetical Index" in the <emph>Type</emph> box.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147114" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="36">If you want to use a concordance file, select <item type="menuitem">Concordance file</item> in the <item type="menuitem">Options</item>
               <emph/>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 xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150223" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="28">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 xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150946" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="27">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150502" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="37">To update the index, right-click in the index, and then choose <emph>Update Index/Table</emph>.</paragraph>
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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152760" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="38"><link href="text/swriter/01/04120250.xhp" name="Creating a concordance file">Creating a concordance file</link></paragraph>
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