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Index entries not grouping
I have begun having troubles with index entries not
grouping. Instead of appearing as Fruit Orange Apple They are appearing as: Fruit Orange Fruit Apple The problem seems to have begun occurring when I started sharing my Word 2003 docs with a colleague who is using Word 2000. I have tried many things, including copying and pasting the offending index entries so the first level and any other index entry properties would be absolutely identical (although it appeared that way to start with). Any ideas out there on this? I don't know what else to try. Thanks - Anne |
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Hi Anne
Anne Goldenberger wrote: I have begun having troubles with index entries not grouping. Instead of appearing as Fruit Orange Apple They are appearing as: Fruit Orange Fruit Apple The problem seems to have begun occurring when I started sharing my Word 2003 docs with a colleague who is using Word 2000. I have tried many things, including copying and pasting the offending index entries so the first level and any other index entry properties would be absolutely identical (although it appeared that way to start with). I would check again and doublecheck the corresponding XE-fields. Or delete them and rebuild them. And if all else fails: Could you post the exact code of your INDEX-switch? Is there a \z switch in there? Often when I run into problems with INDEX or TOC, it's one of my least favourite switches that troubles me: \z for INDEX, and \t for TOC. 2cents ..bob ...and sharing such documents between versions and languages of Word is a good way for headaches, too, of course ... ;-) -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Thanks for the tip Bob. I tried removing the 'z' switch
(indeed there was one in the field), but unfortunately, that did not help. I also opened the doc and updated the index in Word 2000, and the index entries group normally, so I'm not sure there is anything wrong with the entries. I guess doing our final index update in Word 2000 is a workaround, but not a very attractive one! Here is my index switch code (with the 'z' removed). INDEX \e " " \h "A" \c "2" Thanks for any other tips you might have. I would check again and doublecheck the corresponding XE- fields. Or delete them and rebuild them. And if all else fails: Could you post the exact code of your INDEX-switch? Is there a \z switch in there? Often when I run into problems with INDEX or TOC, it's one of my least favourite switches that troubles me: \z for INDEX, and \t for TOC. 2cents ..bob ...and sharing such documents between versions and languages of Word is a good way for headaches, too, of course ... ;-) -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word . |
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Hi Anne
Anne Goldenberger wrote: Thanks for the tip Bob. I tried removing the 'z' switch (indeed there was one in the field), but unfortunately, that did not help. I also opened the doc and updated the index in Word 2000, and the index entries group normally, so I'm not sure there is anything wrong with the entries. Well, if you remove the z switch and still the index behaves differently in Word 2000 than in a younger version, I guess there's something else going messy here. I guess doing our final index update in Word 2000 is a workaround, but not a very attractive one! Indeed (well, unless you do the pagination there anyway)! Here is my index switch code (with the 'z' removed). INDEX \e " " \h "A" \c "2" Well, the interesting bit would have been to show the z-switch and its argument. :-) Short of changing the argument (= chosing another language "environment" for the index) and testing whether this helps (not a very interesting, given there are a lot of possibilities, nor promising task, given the circumstances). At that time, I would recheck the XE entries ... Sorry, not much help ..bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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Well indeed the z switch was in the field, but it didn't
help to remove it. Said colleague had used a space on either side of the colon in the index entry. I had converted all my index entries to that format (said she was using so spellcheck didn't stop on the index entry). When I removed the spaces, all worked fine. Thanks for your help Bob - Anne |
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Arrgghh!
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Anne Goldenberger" wrote in message ... Well indeed the z switch was in the field, but it didn't help to remove it. Said colleague had used a space on either side of the colon in the index entry. I had converted all my index entries to that format (said she was using so spellcheck didn't stop on the index entry). When I removed the spaces, all worked fine. Thanks for your help Bob - Anne |
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Hi Anne
Anne Goldenberger wrote: [..] Said colleague had used a space on either side of the colon in the index entry. I'd like to have a word or two with that colleague! ;-) I had converted all my index entries to that format (said she was using so spellcheck didn't stop on the index entry). Creative workaround, you've gotta admit so much! When I removed the spaces, all worked fine. Thanks for your help Bob - You're welcome -- for once, my intuition didn't trick me (which will deceive me the next 10 times where it is wrong!). Greetinx from good old Europe ..bob -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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