Index

[Robert]

Thanks to CyberTaz on 9/14 I can now insert the index in the right place,
but when I do I get a ready-made one: it does reference the document but in a
random and useless way. 'Help' says to delete an Index put the cursor to the
left of the Index and press Shift+F9 but the cursor won't go there. How can
I purge the document of this embedded index and its XE references in the
text, and start afresh??

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You delete the index itself by selecting the Index field and deleting it.
You delete the index entries as follows:

1. Display Hidden text (Ctrl+Shift+8) so you can see the XE fields.

2. Use Find and Replace (Ctrl+H) to search for ^19 XE and replace with
nothing. When Word finds this search text (^19 is its code for an opening
field brace), it will select the whole field, so replacing it with nothing
will delete the XE field. Replace All.

 

[Robert]

Many thanks, but where and what is the 'Index field' that I need to delete to
get rid of the index itself?

I see all the XE fields in the text and have easily deleted many of them,
and I have also done the Find and Replace procedure that you suggest, but
when I try to 'insert Index' to start a new one a ready-made one still pops
up.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The default Index field looks like { INDEX \c "2" \z "1033" }. You'll see
it if you press Alt+F9 to display field codes. If you have deleted all the
XE (index entry) fields, then your INDEX field will display "Error! No index
entries found."