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From: "Bonita" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] OT(?) - reports in MS Word
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 10:33:37 -0600
References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020403135215.00a7e210@ccimap.in2p3.fr>


I use MS Word all the time for the same report and do not have a problem.
Make your changes, it should automatically repage as you delete and add. Go
to the end of the TEXT -- before the ENDNOTES (if you have them), and I
insert a page break to separate the index from the text .. then click on
INSERT and INDEX AND TABLES. I change the page numbers to be aligned Right
and at least 2 columns, then OK. It automatically inserts the index. I
normally go to the last page and check the last name .. to see if all the
pages are correct .. no problems. I am running Word 2000.

Bonita -- Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas


----- Original Message -----
From: "John O'Neall" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 5:57 AM
Subject: [TMG] OT(?) - reports in MS Word


I have produced a fairly large descendant journal report (~150 pages +
index) with an index to surnames with years of birth and death. I have
then exported this to MS Word and formatted the pages for recto-versa
printing, with space for binding on alternate sides of the pages.

Now, of course, my index is no longer good since things have changed pages.
Following Microsoft's (minimal) help, I select the index (all of it;
previous trials with only part didn't help a bit) and hit F9. Several
minutes later (400 MHz CPU), it starts telling me it's repaging the
document! It does and afterwards nothing is on the same page any
more. AND the index is _not_ good: It now points to where things actually
were before I hit F9 (and after my reformatting). In other words, the
index is now what I wanted, but the document is not. The short result is
that the index is still incorrect.

Am I banging my head against a brick wall or is there a way to make this
monster work? Or should I go purchase WordPerfect? Or give up and skip
the index?

Thanks in advance for words of wisdom. John

John O'Neall
Genas, France
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~joneall/


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