INDEX and XE (Index Entry) Are Case Sensitive in WinWord

ID: Q57203

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.1a, 2.0, 2.0a, 2.0a-CD, 2.0b, 2.0c, 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c

SUMMARY

If you manually insert the XE (Index Entry) field ,{xe ...}, the character case in the argument list affects the resulting index. Below is an example of the situation.

The following two example fields produce two different results:

1. {xe "Tuxedo:see black"}

   {xe "tuxedo:see penguin"}

   After choosing Index from the Insert menu, the results appear as
   follows:

      Tuxedo
              see black,1
      tuxedo
              see penguin,1

2. {xe "Tuxedo:see black"}

   {xe "Tuxedo:see penguin"}

   After choosing Index from the Insert menu, the results appear as
   follows:

      Tuxedo
             see black,1
             see penguin,1

MORE INFORMATION

This behavior is caused by the case of the character "t" in the words "tuxedo" and "Tuxedo". Word for Windows interprets the words as different; therefore Word builds two different entries.

Note that the braces {} were entered using the CTRL+F9 key combination.

KBCategory: kbusage KBSubcategory: kbfield Additional query words: 1.0 1.1 1.1a 1.x 2.0 winword 2.0 winword2 word6 6.0 6.0a 6.0c

Keywords          : kbfield 
Version           : 1.x 2.0 2.0a, 2.0a-CD 2.0b 2
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: July 31, 1997