MCleven wrote:
Office/Word 2003 SP1 on Windows 2000 Professional

When working with a document containing index entries - {XE "index
this"}- sometimes the entries will suddenly appear in the text (in
Normal and Print Layout, but not Reading Layout). Show/Hide
Formatting Marks has no affect on this. Sometimes I can save and
re-open and the index markers will then be hidden (for a while), but
is there a "Show/hide" menu option or button for this?

Look in the Tools Options View dialog, in the Formatting Marks section.
There are separate checkboxes for various items, including "Hidden text",
and there's an "All" checkbox. The Show/Hide button toggles only the "All"
box. If the "Hidden text" box is separately checked, then the toggle won't
have any effect on whether hidden text is displayed -- and that's what the
XE fields are. Make sure all of those boxes are cleared, and then the
Show/Hide button will behave as expected.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org