Microsoft KB Archive/48286

Hidden Text Beginning with “.i” Treated as Index Entry

PSS ID Number: Q48286 Article last modified on 03-07-1997

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In a Microsoft Word versions 3.x or 4.00 document, a string of one to 10 hidden characters that begins with an “.i” and ends with a period (“.”) is seen as an “.i.” index entry by the Index command. Any characters that follow the second period are then indexed. For example, in the following entry

“France.Italy.Spain”

where at least “.Italy.” is hidden text, the index command returns the following:

“Spain ”

Also, if there is an “i” or a “b” anywhere in the string, the page number appears in italics and/or bold, respectively.

Note that this is not true for table of contents entries.

Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubCategory: Additional reference words: macword macword5

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