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The index in my Word document has duplicate entries
I'm trying to index a 243 page document. I selected words that I would like to appear in the index, then presses Alt Shift X to create an index entry field, then Mark All to index every occurrence o...
Hi STeveF48
Strange and frustrating, indeed.
I find a very old thread about something similar - but no real solution (beyond editing the INDEX field).
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/all/index-page-duplicates/1524677a-24bc-4304-9641-603d3967e249#:~:text=Word%20ordinarily%20does%20not%20duplicate,list%20the%20entry%20only%20once.
What I'd try is to make hidden characters visible (Ctrl+8)) and then find (Ctrl+F) through all XE entries to see if you see something strange. My first idea is trailing or leading spaces...
Kind regards
Hans
Thanks for trying to help.
First, all of the entries were created by using "Mark All" when I inserted index marks, so there should not have been any variations.
Second: I had a problem, as detailed in my other post, with searching for hidden text. It was only on one PC, so On the other one I Searched/replaced all possible variations of XE “Castles:Deal”. I.e. Starting with a space, or ending with one.
Third, There are about 120 lines where the main entry is Castles and the sub-entry is Deal, that's 12 varieties of each letter in Castles:Deal.
Fourth: I don't know how to explain the sorting of the entries, I've copied them all into a plain text file.
Some entries are correct, which makes this so much weirder.
Thanks again
Steve