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On certain index entries, I have multiple pages referenced (yes, they're all
essential mentions of the indexed topic). If the index entry itself is long
enough, the entry + multiple pages pushes the page nos. out past the right
margin or column margin.

The style Paragraph setting of Indentation right controls the index topic
itself, so for example you can it to begin word wrapping .5" before the right
margin. But is there something -- a formatting option, a field, or some
other feature -- to control how many page number entries can appear on a
single line? (The same problem occurs in a table of authorities, too, though
not in a table of contents since that shows just the first page of the topic.)

There is, of course, the very ugly manual workaround of forcing a line break
and then direct-formatting the new line not to have the leader dots. Does
anyone know an automatic (but preferably non-VBA) override? Many thanks for
any suggestions.

-- Sarah Ross

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They should wrap automatically. Check to make sure that there is no negative
right indent and that the tab stop (if you're using a tab) is set correctly.

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On certain index entries, I have multiple pages referenced (yes, they're

all
essential mentions of the indexed topic). If the index entry itself is

long
enough, the entry + multiple pages pushes the page nos. out past the right
margin or column margin.

The style Paragraph setting of Indentation right controls the index topic
itself, so for example you can it to begin word wrapping .5" before the

right
margin. But is there something -- a formatting option, a field, or some
other feature -- to control how many page number entries can appear on a
single line? (The same problem occurs in a table of authorities, too,

though
not in a table of contents since that shows just the first page of the

topic.)

There is, of course, the very ugly manual workaround of forcing a line

break
and then direct-formatting the new line not to have the leader dots. Does
anyone know an automatic (but preferably non-VBA) override? Many thanks

for
any suggestions.

-- Sarah Ross


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Thanks, Suzanne. Yes, there is no negative right indent (it's set to +0.5")
and the tab stop matches the right margin. Any other suggestions? Thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

They should wrap automatically. Check to make sure that there is no negative
right indent and that the tab stop (if you're using a tab) is set correctly.

--
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.

"Salvete" wrote in message
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On certain index entries, I have multiple pages referenced (yes, they're

all
essential mentions of the indexed topic). If the index entry itself is

long
enough, the entry + multiple pages pushes the page nos. out past the right
margin or column margin.

The style Paragraph setting of Indentation right controls the index topic
itself, so for example you can it to begin word wrapping .5" before the

right
margin. But is there something -- a formatting option, a field, or some
other feature -- to control how many page number entries can appear on a
single line? (The same problem occurs in a table of authorities, too,

though
not in a table of contents since that shows just the first page of the

topic.)

There is, of course, the very ugly manual workaround of forcing a line

break
and then direct-formatting the new line not to have the leader dots. Does
anyone know an automatic (but preferably non-VBA) override? Many thanks

for
any suggestions.

-- Sarah Ross



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If you want to send a piece of the problem document illustrating the problem
I'll take a look.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"Salvete" wrote in message
...
Thanks, Suzanne. Yes, there is no negative right indent (it's set to

+0.5")
and the tab stop matches the right margin. Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

They should wrap automatically. Check to make sure that there is no

negative
right indent and that the tab stop (if you're using a tab) is set

correctly.

--
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.

"Salvete" wrote in message
...
On certain index entries, I have multiple pages referenced (yes,

they're
all
essential mentions of the indexed topic). If the index entry itself

is
long
enough, the entry + multiple pages pushes the page nos. out past the

right
margin or column margin.

The style Paragraph setting of Indentation right controls the index

topic
itself, so for example you can it to begin word wrapping .5" before

the
right
margin. But is there something -- a formatting option, a field, or

some
other feature -- to control how many page number entries can appear on

a
single line? (The same problem occurs in a table of authorities, too,

though
not in a table of contents since that shows just the first page of the

topic.)

There is, of course, the very ugly manual workaround of forcing a line

break
and then direct-formatting the new line not to have the leader dots.

Does
anyone know an automatic (but preferably non-VBA) override? Many

thanks
for
any suggestions.

-- Sarah Ross




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