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Marianne Bowen wrote:
>
> When I try to mark index entries, the Word dialog box
> displays the marked
> word in the Main Entry field. However, in this document I am
> unable to see
> the entry, the very top of the entry is visible in the field,
> but there
> seems to be a "Space Before" in this field. I thought it
> might be from the
> style used in the document, however, even deleting the Space
> Before from the
> style does not change the result when trying to mark the entry.
>
> Has anyone encountered this and can tell me where in the
> document I can
> change this so the word I am trying to mark becomes visible?
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You are correct in that the problem is due to leading (space before) in a
style. However, it is leading in the Normal style that causes this issue.
To cure this, you need to modify the Normal style so that it has no space
before. To reinstate your styling, you will also need to modify every style
that is based on Normal.
HTH,
Geoff Lane
Cornwall, UK
geoff -at- gjctech -dot- co -dot- uk
