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27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Indexes Covering Several Documents</title>
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34<bookmark_value>multiple documents;indexes</bookmark_value>
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36<bookmark_value>master documents;indexes</bookmark_value>
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41<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155872" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="44">There are several ways to create an index that spans several documents:</paragraph>
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44<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155895" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="42">Create an <link href="text/swriter/01/04120210.xhp" name="index in each individual document">index in each individual document</link>, copy and paste the indexes into a single document, and then edit them.</paragraph>
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47<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147118" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="45">Select each index, choose <link href="text/swriter/01/04020000.xhp" name="Insert - Section"><item type="menuitem">Insert - Section</item></link>, and then enter a name for the index. In a separate document, choose <item type="menuitem">Insert - Section</item>, select <item type="menuitem">Link</item>, click the browse button (<item type="menuitem">...</item>), and then locate and insert a named index section.</paragraph>
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50<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150230" role="listitem" l10n="CHG" oldref="46">Create a <link href="text/shared/01/01010001.xhp" name="master document">master document</link>, add as subdocuments the files that you want to include in the index, and then choose <emph>Insert - Index and Tables - Indexes and Tables</emph>.</paragraph>
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