Well, do read this link about AutoMark, though I'm not sure I agree with it
myself.
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting/Createindex.htm

My suggestion would be after using AutoMark, let it mark everything, then
use Find and Replace (F&R) to find all the index fields in the footnotes and
replace them with nothing.

First, do a Save As of the doc in case this goes wrong, so that you are
doing it on a copy. Also, if you use AutoMark again, you will have to do
this again.

Click ¶ on the standard toolbar to turn on Hidden Text so that the fields
are showing. Press alt-F9 to toggle field codes, so that field codes are
showing. I would use Normal View, click View | Footnotes, and expand the
footnote pane to most of the page so that you can see what you are doing
more easily. And put the cursor in the notes, so that it will search them
first.

Bring up Edit| Replace. Click More to expand the dialog. Type ^19 XE in
the Find box, then go down to the Format menu in the F&R dialog and use
Format Style to format the Find box as Footnote Text. This will search for
all index fields (^19 XE) that are in the style Footnote Text. (all
footnotes are formatted as Footnote Text automatically)

Put the cursor in the Replace box but type nothing.

Click Replace All (you might want to do a couple Replace one, Find Next
first to make sure it is working right--I just experimented on about 2
fields, not a very thorough test).

On 6/9/05 3:26 AM, "pbirn" wrote:

I am "confirming my presence" as the poster.
I am afraid that I don't know what "m.p.w. tables" are but I would
appreciate any thoughts you might have on the problem.

Entering all the names manually seems like so much extra work!
Thank you

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