Is There Anything Like an ``AddtoIndex'' Command to Add a Statement at the End of the Index

Question

I would like to add a ``THE END'' to the end of an Index.

Is there a command when creating an Index analogous to the \addtocontents command for the TOC? I am using PDFLATEX.

Consider the MWE

\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
Sentence\index{Index Entry1} \newpage
Sentence\index{Index Entry2} \newpage
\idxlayout{columns=2}
\printindex
\end{document}

which produces the Index:

Again, I would like to add ``THE END'', preferably centered, somewhere after the index entries.

Thank you.

how to be more simple: say simpler instead of more simple? – BCLC Jul 07 '21 at 18:57 — BCLC, Jul 07 '21 at 18:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '21 at 19:01

2

You can just put the extra text after \printindex. Below I added a bit of vertical space.

\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\begin{document}
\thispagestyle{empty}
Sentence\index{Index Entry1} \newpage
Sentence\index{Index Entry2} \newpage
\idxlayout{columns=2}
\printindex
\vspace{1cm}\centering\large THE END
\end{document}

answered Jul 07 '21 at 19:01

Marijn

37,699

Thank you. That works nicely. However, would you know if this can be done using some type of index command, which might offer the possibility of adding (positioned) comments/statements within the Index itself? something analogous to the addtocontents command that Table of Contents has? Thank you again for your useful answer. – DDS Jul 07 '21 at 19:27
1

@mlchristians what kind of comment/statement do you want to include? There is the possibility of creating categories that are printed within the index, see for example https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/593382/categorising-and-aligning-entries-in-index. For random comments you might be able to add an index entry without page number, but that would need some tricks, e.g., https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/52142/remove-page-number-from-index-entries. But if you want you can open a new question to make your new use case clear. – Marijn Jul 07 '21 at 19:44
Thank you for your helpful comment. – DDS Jul 07 '21 at 19:59

Is There Anything Like an ``AddtoIndex'' Command to Add a Statement at the End of the Index

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