Library of Formatting Examples:Index/06A

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  resolution offered to refer the papers, &c., to the Secretary of War, 654;
  the power of the House is called in question, 654;
  the resolution, in plain terms, is to denounce the man, 654;
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Continued entries and sub-entries

This is a new sub-entry of the main entry that began on the previous page, so it is not preceded by a blank line, because it's a sub-entry, but it IS indented by 2 spaces, because it is the beginning of a sub-entry and not a continuation of one (that was shown in examples 03A-04A). If you formatted the previous page, you would know that, but otherwise, the only way to know whether it's a new sub-entry or a continuation is to look at the previous page. You can do that from 'Page Details' on the Project page.

To summarize:

1. a main entry is preceded by a blank line (or two blank lines if it is the first one in its letter group and there is no 'heading' letter) and is left-justified

2. a sub-entry is not preceded by a blank line, and is indented by two, four, etc. spaces, depending on its nesting level. Most Indexes have only one or two levels.

3. when a sub-entry begins at the top of a page (like this one), rule #2 applies: indent it but do not precede it with any blank lines.

4. when a sub-entry begins on one page and continues on the next page, don't do anything special with the first part, don't indent the continuation, and don't precede it with a blank line.