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Change font size and line spacing in the index

I was reducing the font size and line spacing in my indexes (to save space) manually after the indexes were created. Then I noticed that the next indexes had wrong odd-page headers. If I don't change the font size and line spacing, the headers are OK. So what I need is a way to create the index with a smaller font size and line spacing than usual. I tried setting their defaults but it made no difference. And I don't see a field code that does it. (I normally use {XE \F "B" \c 2} for my B-type index entries; B can also be G, J, N, R, and S.)

Possible? Not possible?

Steve

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The styles used in the index itself are Index 1 (for top-entries), Index 2 (for subentries), and so forth. It is those styles that you need to modify.

But what I had forgotten was that the index styles (by default) are set to update automatically, so just modifying one instance of any given style would change the formatting for all instances and for the style itself.

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Last updated February 19, 2024 Views 2,002 Applies to: