Tab characters in XE field

[Ben]

Hi, quick question - I have some XE entries in my document, within the text
of which I have just inserted tabs, but when I generate an index based on
these codes the tab is changed to a space - is there anyway to preserve the
tab character??

Thanks


Ben.

 

[grammatim]

Why would you want tabs inside an index entry? Word takes care of that
for you (if you want your page nos. at the right edge of the column,
or if you want subheadings in your index).

 

[Ben]

All of the entries in this index begin with a reference number, I want a tab
after this number so that the text is all inline. These reference numbers
are not in order though-out the document, the index sorts them.

Ben

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Although the INDEX field documentation doesn't mention an \x switch, this
does perform the desired function in a TOC field, so it would be worth a try
in the INDEX field.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[Ben]

Thanks Suzanne, good tip, but unfortiunally no, doesn't seem to work in the
INDEX - looking less and less likely!!

BTW, I had a quick look at the TOC codes, \x preserves line break, \w
preserves tabs

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Sorry, I knew I was going to get that reversed (and I actually looked it
up). <sigh>

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org