Index Question

[Seeker123]

Hello all, I am putting together an index and had a few questions. How do I index a name that sometimes appears as a first and last name and sometimes only the last name? For example John Smith vs Smith? In my book I usually introduce people with full names the first time and then only refer to their last name.

[Hegemony]

You would index those under "Smith, John."

[Seeker123]

My question is how do I do it? Word does not give me an option to do that I have to create a separate entry.

[Hegemony]

Oh, you're trying to do the automatic Word thing?  Sorry.  I just type it out in a list.

[mamselle]

Look for indexing software compatible with MSWord online.

Or get a bona-fide indexer and pay them. They usually list with academic-editing free-lance groups like EFM or CAEN.

MSWord's indexing is dismal,and doing it yourself can lead to blind-spot oversights, in which you miss indexing things so familiar to you that you forget a new reader might not know them, or a researcher be looking for them.

M.