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