Creating index topics and references

- To build an index in InDesign, you need to create…topics and references in the index panel…which you can find under Window, Type & Tables, Index.…And the panel has two modes:…a Reference mode and a Topic mode.…And it's important to get the difference…between these two clear in your mind right from the start.…Topics represent the name of each index entry.…So, Topics have a level and they can be…a top level standing by themselves,…or they can be Subtopics underneath…a higher level topic.…

And again, Topics are just the names of entries,…they don't have any page numbers.…So to see Topics, you would click…on the Topic button and I have several topics…in this document already, which I can see by…tipping open one of the triangles next to the letters.…Double-clicking a Topic or a Subtopic will…bring you to the Topic Options dialogue box…where you can edit the name of the Topic,…or change its level or sorting.…You can add Topics by importing them…from a Microsoft Word or another InDesign document…by choosing Import Topics from the panel menu.…