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% This file demonstrates indexing with the `makeidx' package.
% This file is processed as follows:
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%   latex     file
%   bibtex    file
%   latex     file
%   makeindex file
%   latex     file
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% Note that the file name suffix may be omitted. It's `latex file'
% and not `latex file.tex'.
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\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[american]{babel}
\usepackage{csquotes}
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% We set the `indexing' package option (`indexing' is similar to
% `indexing=true') to enable indexing in both citations and the
% bibliography. It is rather unusual to add bibliography entries to
% the index so you will normally use `indexing=cite' instead. The
% only reason we're indexing the bibliography in this example is to
% get a larger index. For a change, let's also use the `authortitle'
% style in this example.
\usepackage[indexing,style=authortitle]{biblatex}
\bibliography{biblatex-examples}
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% The `makeidx' package provides indexing facilities on a fairly
% basic level. It is highly advisable to use the `index' package
% instead, even if you do not need the additional facilities
% provided by this package, such as multiple indexes. The reason is
% that the \index command defined by this package is more robust
% than the basic command provided by `makeidx'.
\usepackage{makeidx}
% We need to enable indexing globally by way of \makeindex.
% Otherwise, no index is created at all, regardless of the
% `indexing' option of biblatex.
\makeindex
%
% Note that biblatex uses makeindex's `actual' operator to pass the
% `indexsorttitle' field to makeindex. The default character used
% is '@'. If the makeindex style uses a different character, i.e.,
% if the .ist file contains a line like this
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%   actual '='
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% you need to redefine \actualoperator accordingly:
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%   \renewcommand*{\actualoperator}{=}
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\begin{document}

\section*{Indexing with the \texttt{makeidx} package}

% We add the contents of the entire bib file to the bibliography.
% Note that \nocite does not add anything to the index on its own.
\nocite{*}

% We cite a few items. These citations will be added to the index.
\cite{piccato,gaonkar,malinowski,coleridge,gerhardt,cicero}

% We also add an explicit index entry.
\index{Example entry}

\clearpage

% We print the printbibliography...
\printbibliography
% ...and the index
\raggedright
\printindex

\end{document}
