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      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155872" role="paragraph">There are several ways to create an index that spans several documents:</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155895" role="listitem">Create an <link href="text/swriter/01/04120210.xhp">index in each individual document</link>, copy and paste the indexes into a single document, and then edit them.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147118" role="listitem">Select each index, choose <link href="text/swriter/01/04020000.xhp"><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 <item type="menuitem">Browse</item> button, and then locate and insert a named index section.</paragraph>
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            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150230" role="listitem">Create a <link href="text/shared/01/01010001.xhp">master document</link>, add as subdocuments the files that you want to include in the index, and then choose <emph>Insert - Table of Contents and Index - Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography</emph>.</paragraph>
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