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I'm trying to make an index looking like this -- 2 columns, starting letter at the beginning of each section:

I tried to use 

\usepackage{makeidx} \makeindex . . . \printindex

the result looked good since it contained starting letter, but was printed only in one column:

so I tried using this:

\usepackage{imakeidx} \makeindex[columns = 2] . . . \printindex

and the index was divided into 2 columns, but starting letters disappeared

Can someone please help me how to make it the way I need? Thanks a lot.

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  • Welcome to TeX.SE. Your question is close related to tex.stackexchange.com/questions/65247/…. Commented Dec 3, 2016 at 18:26
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Just add the starting lines exactly like in the following example:

%%%% A simple MakeIndex style \begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.mst} headings_flag 1 heading_prefix "{\\textbf{" heading_suffix "}}\\nopagebreak\n" \end{filecontents*} %%% end \documentclass{book} \usepackage{imakeidx} \makeindex % two column is the default \begin{document} Some text \index{Apple}\index{Apricot} \index{Banana}\index{Cherry} \index{Lemon}\index{Lime} \printindex \end{document}

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    Amazing, works like charm! Exactly what I needed. Thanks a lot buddy. Commented Dec 3, 2016 at 19:30
  • IS it fonctional with the remote version of overleaf ? Commented Nov 29, 2020 at 0:52

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