Thank you very much for your detailed reply.

Question:

I have a certain way I have broken up this document into sections.

I have text formatted the section names with Style "SectionNames".

How can I cause the index entry to reflect the last text of that style?.

So on Page 12 starts a section called "Crazy Section" (which is formatted with style "SectionName"

On Page 13 I have an index entry of text "Cucumber".

So in the Index, it should appear as:

Cucumber - Crazy Section

Can this be done W/O using bookmarks?

Thank You

As demonstrated in my previous reply, that is done by applying the relevant formatting (Style) to the XE field. Whether the whole field is formatted that way, or just the part for the relevant indexing level, is inconsequential.
As should have been clear from my previous reply, Index Entries are marked with XE fields. Bookmarks have no part in this.

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]

Sorry for driving you crazy, let me get this straight:

If I format the XE field (selecting the XE field and choosing the style) using the defined style "SectionNames" that entry in the index will use the TEXT of the last instance formatted with that style ("Crazy Section")

Something doesn't sound right here...

(I would have thought that we would have to insert a variable using "StyleRef" in the EX field (a field within a field???) and use the \t switch something like this:

{ XE "cucumber" \t {styleref "SectionName"} }

Am I missing something?

Your patients is appreciated

Susan