WD: Mark All Button Unavailable in Mark Index Entry Dialog Box
Article ID: 154308
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 6.0a
- Microsoft Word 6.0c
- Microsoft Word 6.0 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.01 for Macintosh
- Microsoft Word 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Word 95a
- Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q154308
SYMPTOMS
The Mark All button in the Mark Index Entry dialog box is unavailable.
CAUSE
The Mark All button is not available when either of the following
conditions is true:
- You did not select any text in the document before you opened the
Mark Index Entry dialog box.
-or-
- You typed a word or phrase in the Main Entry text box.
If you select text before you open the Mark Index Entry dialog box, the
selection automatically appears in the Main Entry text box and you can
click Mark All to mark the entire document. When you do not select text
before you open this dialog box, Word does not search the entire document
and marks only the current position of the insertion point with the index
entry when you click Mark.
RESOLUTION
To make the Mark All button available, open the Mark Index Entry dialog
box, and then select the text while the dialog box is open. To do this,
follow these steps.
NOTE: The Mark Index Entry dialog box is a modeless dialog box, which means
that while the dialog is on the screen, you can click in the text area and
continue editing.
- On the Insert menu, click Index and Tables, and then click Mark Entry.
The selection appears in the Main Entry dialog box.
- Click Mark All.
STATUS
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Word.
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