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# Index

The following options are available when you select Bibliography as the index type.

To access this command...

Choose Insert - Table of Contents and Index - Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography - Type tab (when Bibliography is the selected type)

### Type and Title

Specify the type and title of the index.

#### Type

Select the type of index that you want to insert or edit. The options available on this tab depend on the index type that you select. If the cursor is in an index when you choose the Insert - Table of Contents and Index - Table of Contents, Index or Bibliography, you can then edit that index.

#### Title

Enter a title for the selected index.

#### Protected against manual changes

Prevents the contents of the index from being changed. Manual changes that you make to an index are lost when the index is refreshed. If you want the cursor to scroll through a protected area, choose LibreOffice - Preferences Tools - Options - LibreOffice Writer - Formatting Aids, and then select the Enable cursor check box in the Protected Areas section.

## Formatting of the entries

### Number entries

Automatically numbers the bibliography entries. To set the sorting options for the numbering, click the Entries tab.

### Brackets

Select the brackets that you want to enclose bibliography entries.

## Sort

Sets the options for sorting the index entries.

### Language

Select the language rules to use for sorting the index entries.

### Key type

Select numeric when you want to sort numbers by value, such as in 1, 2, 12. Select alphanumeric, when you want to sort the numbers by character code, such as in 1, 12, 2.