A field's index can be viewed. This can be useful for data entry, performing finds and just looking at the data. FileMaker indexes different field types in different ways. It's possible that you might find on occasion where this causes you a problem, but it is rare. FileMaker indexes text fields one word at a time but you can use a technique to index multiple words as one word.
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