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Subject:RE: Index entry still appearing From:k k <turnleftatnowhere -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 3 Feb 2004 09:46:25 -0800 (PST)
> > 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
> >
I've seen this happen in my documents when I made the
mistake of deleting an index marker while change
tracking was turned on. There may still be marker code
lingering inside a tracked change area. Use the
controls for finding changes/comments and see if you
have such a marker code ghost still hanging around.
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