Many thanks to readers Arthur Einhorn and John Broughton, who have answered my question about how to put the endnotes before the index in Word. I’ve tested their suggestion, and it works great — it basically involves (1) configuring endnotes so that they go at the end of each section and then (2) using the little-known Page Setup / Layout / Suppress Endnotes feature so that the endnotes don’t in fact go at the end of each section (which I don’t want) but all bunch up at the end of the second-to-last section, right before the index. Here’s Arthur Einhorn’s explanation, which I know works in my Word 2002:
1. Add a new section break at the end of your document.
2. Change your endnote settings so that the endnotes are displayed at the end of each section.
3. Select all the sections in your document except the last two.
4. Open the “Page Setup…” dialog box. On the Layout tab, check the “Suppress endnotes” check box. This will move all your endnotes to the end of the second-to-last section (i.e., the end of your text).
5. Insert an index in the (recently added) last section.
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