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Subject:Re: INDEX IN WORD97 From:"Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- lynx -dot- dac -dot- neu -dot- edu> To:"Graham Bridge" <graham -dot- bridge -at- sescoi -dot- fr>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 21 Oct 1999 08:29:52 -0400
>I have a niggling problem with automatically generated indexes in Word.
>When I open my Index the two column layout looks OK, i.e. there are no
>dots between subject and page number. However, when I update my index
>the dotted lines come in. I then check out the style (recorded in my
>dot template) which shows that the style doesn't put dotted lines, I
>then apply the style and the dotted lines disappear.
>Anybody any ideas??
That reminds me of the section break feature. Tell it to apply Odd-Page
Section Breaks to the whole document and it won't. My ideas about these
kinds of Word behavior are probably not publishable.
