[tex-live] How to make book index Using TexLive/TeXnicCenter?

[Karl Berry]

    (1) How do I create the items I want appear in the index?

\index (and related commands).

Try the "Indexing" chapter in lshort for starters.
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/lshort/english/lshort.pdf

    (2) How do I program latex to produce the index at the end of the book?

makeindex is the most common program to create the sorted index,
although there are others.
http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=makeindex

BTW, for the future, general TeX questions are better posted to
support at tug.org than here ...

Best,
Karl