Microsoft KB Archive/24342

Word: Index Entries Containing Commas Listed Separately PSS ID Number: Q24342 Article last modified on 03-04-1993 PSS database name: M_WorD

3.00

MACINTOSH

Summary:

Microsoft Word version 3.00 lists multiple occurrences of an index entry separately if the entry contains a comma. For example, when you create an index, some of the multiple entries are listed separately. For example, when you index “Doe, John” on pages 2, 4, and 7, the index looks like the following example:

Doe, John 2 Doe, John 4 Doe, John 7

To work around this problem so that the index reads “Doe, John 2, 4, 7”, replace the commas in each of the entries with a seldom-used character. Then, with the index created and selected, use the Change command on the Search menu to replace the seldom-used character with a comma.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Word version 3.00. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Word version 3.01.

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.