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Subject:RE: Index entry still appearing From:"Goldstein, Dan" <DGoldstein -at- DeusTech -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L (E-mail)" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:56:36 -0500
1. Select Tools|Options|View tab.
2. Select the Hidden Text check box.
3. Go to the page with the phantom index listing.
4. Find the field, identified by {curly brackets} and the letters XE.
5. Delete the field.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 for all phantom index listings.
7. Update the index.
8. Let me know if you still have problems.
9. Have a nice day.
Dan Goldstein
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rowles, Carol
>
> I use Word to create our manuals. I have two topics which
> were deleted
> from the document. When I update the index, the topic names are gone
> but the page numbers still appear as if the topics are still
> there with
> a comma in front of the page number, in the exact same place they
> previously appeared in the Index:
> ,51
> ,51
>
> Any clues as to why this would happen...
>
