XE "text" [switches]

Defines the text and page number for an index entry. You insert an XE field to define an item to include in the index.

text

Text you want to appear in the index
To indicate a subentry, include the main entry text and the subentry text, separated by a colon (:)

switches
\b	Applies bold formatting to the entry's page number The field { XE "Highlighting text" \b } displays the entry as "Highlighting text, 23" in the index The switch removes bold formatting if the index style for the entry is bold
\f "Type"	Defines an entry type The entry for the field { XE "Selecting Text" \f "a" } is included only in an index inserted by the field { INDEX \f "a" } The default entry type is "i."
\i	Makes the entry's page number italic The field { XE "Finding text" \i } displays the entry as "Finding text, 23 " in the index The switch removes the italic formatting if the index style for the entry is italic
\r Bookmark	Inserts as the entry's page number the range of pages marked by the specified bookmark The field { XE "Selecting text" \r SelectingText } displays the entry as "Selecting text, 20-25" in the index
\t "Text"	Inserts the text in place of a page number Enclose the text in quotation marks The field { XE "Highlighting" \t "See Selecting" } displays the entry "Highlighting, See Selecting" in the index
\y	Specifies that the subsequent text defines the yomi for the index entry

REMARKS

* The XE field is formatted as hidden text and displays no result in the document.
* For the Microsoft documentation refer to support.microsoft.com

{ XE "index name" }
{ XE "firstitem:subordinateitem" }
{ XE "firstitem \t "text to appear" }