Index tab leaders don't reflect tab leaders in the Index Style

Thank you. Your questions led me to a path to solution. A bit overkill, but it worked. Here's what I did:

• Reboot
• Open Word (Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2509 Build 16.0.19231.20044) 64-bit )
• "Open and Repair" the file with issues
• Save the file as "REPAIRED.docx"
• Confirmed that Index 1 and Index 2 Styles are set as desired (no dot leaders)
• Alt-F9 to expose parameters for each of the three indexes (noting that the \e parameter is a tab -->):

  \e " " |h "A" \f "f" \c "1" \z "1033"

  \e " " \f "d" \c "1" \z "1033"

  \e " " \f "b" \c "1" \z "1033"

• Save the file as "NOINDEX.docx and close
• Open "NOINDEX.docx" and confirm Style settings
• Close WORD and Reboot
• Open Word
• "Open and Repair" NOINDEX.docx
• Save as "NOINDEX - REPAIRED.docx"
• Go to location for first index (Index of First Lines)
• Create INDEX with simple parameters (\e " " \c "1" \z "1033"
• Add the \f parameter
• Alt-F9
• Update index
• Repeat for the second and third indexes ("d" and "b")
• Save the file as "FIXED.docx"

Hopefully this will be a useful note for others who run into the same issue.