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Mark Index Entry Cross Reference Trouble
Hello,
I am Indexing a 300 page document in Word 2003 and I have noticed something strange happening whenever I try to cross-reference an entry that only contains two letters. For instance we use a lot of acronyms, so for the acronym "AD" I want to refer readers to look under the actual term which is "Active Duty" I am using this format from the insert index tool: I am using the classic style, right align page numbers, the first choice of dots under tab leader , indented type and two columns. So when I generated the index the term for "AD" ended up looking like this ADSee Active Duty, instead of AD .................See Active Duty. The tab leader is not showing up when it is just two letters which is causing the alignment of the two columns to look like something is off. Has anyone else experienced this? The way I have been getting around this is just to add a period to the terms that are only two letters and that seems to work, although I am hoping there is a better fix for this. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Thelisha Woods |
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By default the Index 1 style has a 0.17" hanging indent, which I suspect is
larger than the width of your two-letter abbreviations, so the tab character Word is inserting is going to that point instead of the one at the right margin. You might try reducing the indent or checking the box for "Don't add automatic tab stop for hanging indent" on the Compatibility tab of Tools | Options (being aware that this may affect other styles with hanging indents). -- 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. "thelisha" wrote in message ... Hello, I am Indexing a 300 page document in Word 2003 and I have noticed something strange happening whenever I try to cross-reference an entry that only contains two letters. For instance we use a lot of acronyms, so for the acronym "AD" I want to refer readers to look under the actual term which is "Active Duty" I am using this format from the insert index tool: I am using the classic style, right align page numbers, the first choice of dots under tab leader , indented type and two columns. So when I generated the index the term for "AD" ended up looking like this ADSee Active Duty, instead of AD ................See Active Duty. The tab leader is not showing up when it is just two letters which is causing the alignment of the two columns to look like something is off. Has anyone else experienced this? The way I have been getting around this is just to add a period to the terms that are only two letters and that seems to work, although I am hoping there is a better fix for this. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Thelisha Woods |
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