Microsoft KB Archive/141006

= WD: Accented Words Aren't Sorted Correctly in Index =

Article ID: 141006

Article Last Modified on 11/25/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 6.0a
 * Microsoft Word 6.0c
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q141006



SYMPTOMS
If your document contains index entries that begin with accented characters (for example, "a" with accent grave), Word incorrectly sorts your index if you include index headings.

For example, if the following words are each marked with an index entry field (XE)

Actor

A'rbor

August

the resulting index will look similar to this:

-A-

Actor

-A-

A'rbor

-A-

August



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, choose an index style that does not contain a heading. Unlink the index (press CTRL+SHIFT+F9 in Windows or press COMMAND+SHIFT+F9 on the Macintosh) and manually insert the headings. The drawback to this is that you cannot relink the field. If you need to update the index, you will need to reinsert the index field and repeat this procedure.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Word for Windows 95, version 7.0, and Word 98 Macintosh Edition.

Additional query words: index xe accent grave acute umlaut dieresis diaeresis caret cedilla circumflex tilde caret diacritical symbol accented breve caron hacek digraph edh eth ligature macron ogonek volle ring

Keywords: kbhowto kbbug kbfield KB141006

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