Index Object Members

Word Developer Reference

Represents a single index. The Index object is a member of the Indexes collection. The Indexes collection includes all the indexes in the specified document.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Delete	Deletes the specified index.
	Update	Updates the entries shown in specified index.

Properties

	Name	Description
	AccentedLetters	True if the specified index contains separate headings for accented letters (for example, words that begin with "À" are under one heading and words that begin with "A" are under another). Read/write Boolean.
	Application	Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
	Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.
	Filter	Returns or sets a value that specifies how Microsoft Word classifies the first character of entries in the specified index.read/write Long. Can be one of the following wdIndexFilter constants.
	HeadingSeparator	Returns or sets the text between alphabetical groups (entries that start with the same letter) in the index. Corresponds to the \h switch for an INDEX field. Read/write WdHeadingSeparator.
	IndexLanguage	Returns or sets a WdLanguageID constant that represents the sorting language to use for the specified index. Read/write
	NumberOfColumns	Sets or returns the number of columns for each page of an index. Read/write Long.
	Parent	Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified Index object.
	Range	Returns a Range object that represents the portion of a document that is contained within an index.
	RightAlignPageNumbers	True if page numbers are aligned with the right margin in an index. Read/write Boolean.
	SortBy	Returns or sets the sorting criteria for the specified index. Read/write WdIndexSortBy.
	TabLeader	Returns or sets the leader character between entries in an index and their associated page numbers. Read/write WdTabLeader.
	Type	Returns or sets the index type. Read/write WdIndexType.