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Index not formatting correctly when using the Latin Symbol small letter "e" with acute
Hi, I'm writing a document with Latin based names that require symbols and creating an index. I am having trouble with the index in regards to the name "Vélez." It gives multiple entries instead of one entry with with all the page numbers and subentries. In troubleshooting the issue, I find that if I replace the "é" with "e" in the entry field, it works like it should, but then the name is incorrect in the index. Another name, using the Latin small letter "i" with acute (í) also works fine in the index. Seems to be a bug, but does anyone have any ideas?
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Your result suggests two Unicode forms of é: one precomposed character versus e plus a combining acute accent. They look identical, but Word may see different XE text and create separate index entries.
Choose Home > Show/Hide to reveal the XE fields. Compare the text inside quotation marks in every affected { XE "Vélez" } field, including capitalization, spaces, and subentries. Copy one correct Vélez spelling from one source and paste the main-entry text into every field; avoid retyping it. If there are many occurrences, delete the affected XE fields and use References > Mark Entry > Mark All from one normalized spelling.
Then select the generated index and choose References > Update Index, or press F9. If duplicates remain, compare the suspect forms in a Unicode-aware editor and reinsert the same canonical text. Save a backup first. Replacing é with e only masks the mismatch and loses the spelling.
