MS WORD 2007: smartest way to make an Index

[Dionysus]

Hi,

I've recently finished a 150,000 word (including footnotes) book. I've been avoiding making an index as it seemed too time consuming. However, I'm just going to have to compile one now in the next few days.

My previous attempt involved manually marking up words within the text which were then placed in the Index where I edited them. However, somebody has told me there is a way to create an index without such time-consuming mark-ups. Instead, some program places everything in the index and I will be able to edit it accordingly.

Would anybody know what this program is called? For that matter, does anybody know if there is a smarter way to make this index?

Thanks very much in advance.

PS: I'd love to pay somebody else to do this task as I'm quite tired of looking at my work now. I suspect by the time I explain to them what I need in the index I'd have done it myself. But if anybody knows of such a service I'd be interested in checking it out. Thanks.

[kaimera]

Assuming you used the headers properly in the text,

It's somewhere like insert index.

I cant remember the exact section in the ribbon as I dont have office2k7 in front of me.