Formatting Indexes

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MKeegs

I am generating an index for an instruction manual. I usually use another
program for manuals, so I'm getting frustrated. I marked all my entries and
then generated the index, but realized that some of the words are bold in
the index and others aren't. I went back and modified each of the words
inside the quotation marks to the right of the XE symbol so that they are how
I want them to appear in the index, but they persist in being bolded. I have
tried everyway of getting them back to regular that I can think of, short of
un-bolding the actual term in the manual. Help!
 
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Henk57

MKeegs;2034394 said:
I am generating an index for an instruction manual. I usually us
another
program for manuals, so I'm getting frustrated. I marked all m
entries and
then generated the index, but realized that some of the words are bol
in
the index and others aren't. I went back and modified each of the word

inside the quotation marks to the right of the XE symbol so that the
are how
I want them to appear in the index, but they persist in being bolded.
I have
tried everyway of getting them back to regular that I can think of
short of
un-bolding the actual term in the manual. Help!
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Hi:
Could it be that you have different levels assigned to your marke
entries, and that one level is bold and the other isn't?
Hen
 
M

MKeegs

Henk57 said:
Hi:
Could it be that you have different levels assigned to your marked
entries, and that one level is bold and the other isn't?
Henk
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Yes, that was it, thank you very very much. I have gone back and removed
the tags from headings and placed them in paragraphs and the formatting is
correct. I appreciate it.
 
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Sandie Scrivens

Don't go to the bother of changing the field code. Just selct the first
section of your index and format it how you want - font, size, colour, bold
or not etc. Then use the Format Painter to apply these attributes the other
sections of the index. Remember double clicking allows you paste format to
many - don't forget to deselct Format Painter when you have finished.
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

It is not necessary to format more than one index entry at a given level, as
all Index styles are set to update automatically by default. And if they
weren't, formatting the entries would be a waste of time, as the formatting
would be lost the next time the index was updated.
 
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