Colon in index marker text

I have a mif file from which I need to create a 1 level index.
I have numerous data which contains a colon; so the MText tag looks something like this - <MText `Accredited: Representative'>
Now, I know that the function of a colon is "Separates levels in an entry"
I also read "Note: To enter a backslash or any special character used in these building blocks—colon, semicolon, bracket, or angle bracket—as regular characters, precede it with a backslash (\)."
I can make the MText look like this - <MText `Acccredited\: Representative'>
But this does not work; I still get a 2 level entry in my index. What am I missing?
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Entering:
colon\: test
in the normal Special > Marker > Marker Text: field
then saving the file as MIF, and searching for it, finds:
<MText `colon\\: test'>
Apparently the rule is single-escape for dialogs, double-escapes in MIF.

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