I'm going nuts trying to mark an index for recipes. Let's say that the main
category is Chicken and that the entry under that is Chicken Pot Pie.

When I highlight the entry (Chicken Pot Pie) it goes directly into the Main
Entry box instead of the Subentry one.

I know it's the hard way, but the only thing that has worked so far is to
type in the main category entry each time (in exactly the same formatting,
capitalization, etc.) and then type the subentry in the box below it.

Why does Word assume that what I've highlighted is the main entry?!

There's just got to be a better way, and I'd appreciate your usual help.

Thanks in advance.

But are you talking about Chicken pie kind of pot pie or the Pennsylvania
Dutch kind of pot pie?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
I'm going nuts trying to mark an index for recipes. Let's say that the
main
category is Chicken and that the entry under that is Chicken Pot Pie.

When I highlight the entry (Chicken Pot Pie) it goes directly into the
Main
Entry box instead of the Subentry one.

I know it's the hard way, but the only thing that has worked so far is to
type in the main category entry each time (in exactly the same formatting,
capitalization, etc.) and then type the subentry in the box below it.

Why does Word assume that what I've highlighted is the main entry?!

There's just got to be a better way, and I'd appreciate your usual help.

Thanks in advance.

Whenever you index entry is *not* the text you select, you may find it
easier to insert the XE fields by hand. You can save a blank or partially
filled XE field as an AutoText entry or copy/paste it, then type in the rest
of the required information.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
I'm going nuts trying to mark an index for recipes. Let's say that the
main
category is Chicken and that the entry under that is Chicken Pot Pie.

When I highlight the entry (Chicken Pot Pie) it goes directly into the
Main
Entry box instead of the Subentry one.

I know it's the hard way, but the only thing that has worked so far is to
type in the main category entry each time (in exactly the same formatting,
capitalization, etc.) and then type the subentry in the box below it.

Why does Word assume that what I've highlighted is the main entry?!

There's just got to be a better way, and I'd appreciate your usual help.

Thanks in advance.

For the sake of getting it into the index more efficiently, I'll call it
anything, but for now, it's just plain ol' Chicken pie kind of pot pie.

"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:

But are you talking about Chicken pie kind of pot pie or the Pennsylvania
Dutch kind of pot pie?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
I'm going nuts trying to mark an index for recipes. Let's say that the
main
category is Chicken and that the entry under that is Chicken Pot Pie.

When I highlight the entry (Chicken Pot Pie) it goes directly into the
Main
Entry box instead of the Subentry one.

I know it's the hard way, but the only thing that has worked so far is to
type in the main category entry each time (in exactly the same formatting,
capitalization, etc.) and then type the subentry in the box below it.

Why does Word assume that what I've highlighted is the main entry?!

There's just got to be a better way, and I'd appreciate your usual help.

Thanks in advance.

I didn't know that! Thanks a million for this and all the other times you've
helped me, Suzanne!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Whenever you index entry is *not* the text you select, you may find it
easier to insert the XE fields by hand. You can save a blank or partially
filled XE field as an AutoText entry or copy/paste it, then type in the rest
of the required information.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
I'm going nuts trying to mark an index for recipes. Let's say that the
main
category is Chicken and that the entry under that is Chicken Pot Pie.

When I highlight the entry (Chicken Pot Pie) it goes directly into the
Main
Entry box instead of the Subentry one.

I know it's the hard way, but the only thing that has worked so far is to
type in the main category entry each time (in exactly the same formatting,
capitalization, etc.) and then type the subentry in the box below it.

Why does Word assume that what I've highlighted is the main entry?!

There's just got to be a better way, and I'd appreciate your usual help.

Thanks in advance.

Darn. I like chicken pie but PA Dutch chicken pot pie is much, much better.
Homemade bott boi noodles...............drool

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
For the sake of getting it into the index more efficiently, I'll call it
anything, but for now, it's just plain ol' Chicken pie kind of pot pie.

"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:

But are you talking about Chicken pie kind of pot pie or the Pennsylvania
Dutch kind of pot pie?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
I'm going nuts trying to mark an index for recipes. Let's say that the
main
category is Chicken and that the entry under that is Chicken Pot Pie.

When I highlight the entry (Chicken Pot Pie) it goes directly into the
Main
Entry box instead of the Subentry one.

I know it's the hard way, but the only thing that has worked so far is
to
type in the main category entry each time (in exactly the same
formatting,
capitalization, etc.) and then type the subentry in the box below it.

Why does Word assume that what I've highlighted is the main entry?!

There's just got to be a better way, and I'd appreciate your usual
help.

Thanks in advance.

You're welcome.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
I didn't know that! Thanks a million for this and all the other times
you've
helped me, Suzanne!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Whenever you index entry is *not* the text you select, you may find it
easier to insert the XE fields by hand. You can save a blank or
partially
filled XE field as an AutoText entry or copy/paste it, then type in the
rest
of the required information.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
I'm going nuts trying to mark an index for recipes. Let's say that
the
main
category is Chicken and that the entry under that is Chicken Pot Pie.

When I highlight the entry (Chicken Pot Pie) it goes directly into the
Main
Entry box instead of the Subentry one.

I know it's the hard way, but the only thing that has worked so far is
to
type in the main category entry each time (in exactly the same
formatting,
capitalization, etc.) and then type the subentry in the box below it.

Why does Word assume that what I've highlighted is the main entry?!

There's just got to be a better way, and I'd appreciate your usual
help.

Thanks in advance.