Removing keywords

There are two ways to remove keywords, depending on what you want to do.

To remove a keyword from the Index Designer:

  1. Click the Index tab.

  2. From the keyword list, select the one to remove.

  3. Click Delete .

To remove a keyword from a topic:

  1. From the Topic List or Project Manager, select the topic.

  2. Click Properties .

  3. Click the Index tab.

  4. From the list of keywords, select the one to remove.

  5. Click Delete.

Tip: When you remove a topic from the project, its keywords remain in the index regardless of whether other topics are linked to them. Unused keywords are keywords in the index that are not referenced by other topics. They are displayed in bold text in the Index Designer and you can automatically remove them. For details, see Removing unused keywords.