"Hidden text" can still be checked even if "Field codes" (which is
irrelevant here) and "All" are clear.

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"Erica" wrote in message
...
They had already been unchecked, both the "field codes" and "all" boxes
under
the View tab and the "field codes" under the print tab.

Any other suggestions?

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

On the View tab of Tools | Options, clear the check box for "Hidden
text."

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"Erica" wrote in message
...
I apologize for posting twice, but I think I put the previous post in
the
wrong discussion group. I am in the process of writing an extensive
word
document that will soon include an index at the end.

I know how to mark text for the index; however, this makes the
document
difficult to read in the print layout view.

For example, if I mark "John Doe" for the index, then I see:

John Doe{ XE "John Doe"}

According to Microsoft Office Word Help, when you mark text as an
index
entry, Microsoft Word inserts an XE (Index Entry) field formatted as
hidden
text.

This character formatting that allows you to show or hide specified
text.
Microsoft Word indicates hidden text by underlining it with a dotted
line
and
displays no result in the document. To view this field, click the
Show/Hide ¶.

HOWEVER, even when I click the Show/Hide ¶ I can still see the XE
(Index
Entry) field.

Please tell me that there is some way to hide this or make it more
user
friendly. It is incredibly hard to edit this document without
constantly
switching over to the print preview to figure out how the document
will
look
in the end. Not to mention this double text throughout my paragraphs
is
highly distracting.
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Erica Milburn

Houston, TX