conflating pages in index using bookmark

[ClaireB]

I'm creating an index using the MS Word Index feature. I've used the bookmark function to indicate that xyz appears on pages 30-40, for example. But how do I indicate contiguous pages for an entry within a simple run-in entry?

For example:
Smith: Ann, 4; Toby, 10; Henry, 6; Peter, 4-18, 21, 25, 50-55, 73.

Is there a way to get Peter's entry to appear as indicated here? do I combine simple sub-entry marks with marking of text across several pages? If so, how to do it?

Thanks for any help you can give.



Claire

[eNGiNe]

A quick search turns up a serious-looking document
www.susandoreydesigns.com/software/IndexingAndWord.pdf

\g "separators"
Specifies the characters (up to five) that separate a range of pages. Enclose the characters in quotation marks. The default is an en dash. The field {INDEX \g " to " } displays page ranges as "Finding text, 3 to 4"

At first glance, she doesn't seem to explain what arcane method Word uses to decide how close page numbers have to be to count as a range.

[ClaireB]

Thanks! I'll take a look.

[ClaireB]

I also found a helpful article on the subject of indexing by John McGhie. But I have a question. On the topic of conflating page numbers, he says this:
"If you place the same index tag on each page of the topic, Word will automatically conflate the page numbers.
If you bookmark the whole section, then place the name of the bookmark in the XE tag, Word will generate a conflated page reference for you."

I have successfully bookmarked entries, producing conflated pagination (e.g. Nova Scotia, 3–15). But I cannot get his first suggestion to work. When I tag an entry in the exact same way on successive pages Word does NOT automatically conflate the pages. Instead, I get this: Halifax, 7, 8, 9, 10 (and not Halifax, 7–10).

What am I doing wrong?
Claire

[ClaireB]

Woo-hoo! I figured it out. I don't know how to mark this "solved," but it is SOLVED! Thanks!
Claire