Organize Table of Contents by alphabetical order in Pages

Hi,
Is it possible to organize a table of contents by alphabetical order in pages?
Thanks!

Pages inserts a Table of Contents in page order, that is what a T.O.C. is.
You want an Index.
Export the T.O.C. to Text.
Open that text file in a Word Processor that allows sorting* and sort it into Alphabetical order.
Copy that sorted Index back into Pages.
Peter
* Pages will do this if you install WordService [free] from DevonTechnologies

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