Unknown Index keywords

[AcolinFlood]

II have only one HHK index file in my project and in the project folder. I can see the keywords in it with both Notepad and the RoboHelp index editor pane (pod). I looked in RHkKeyword.apj file also, but I do not see these unknown keyword entries there either.

When I compile the project however, there are far more index keywords than I see in the pane. These keywords look like I created them as topic keywords somehow. Three of them are like “Copy of Antivirus,” where an entry, Antivirus, already exits. Yet, I can not remove the Copy entry because I can’t find it in the Index editor pane or the file with Notepad. Another keyword showing in the complied Help file, but not the index pane is “Does not show in Outlook,” which is a question on my Troubleshooting page. So this entry certainly looks like a topic style keyword. The RoboHelp Help file is actually helpful on this point (make that twice now!) The question is not bookmarked or otherwise obviously marked as a keyword in the HTML code. How do I edit and/or remove these keywords?

[Peter Grainge · Accepted solution]

Find out the topic an entry points to and then look in its properties. Perhaps the keyword is in the topic itself.

[AcolinFlood]

Bingo! Damn, your good, ever thought of making money doing this? To remove Topic keywords that do not show in the Index editor pane, right-click on the topic page. On Topic Properties, click the Index tab. Edit the Index Keywords, which are actually Topic Keywords.

[Captiv8r]

Hi all

Actually, I'm a bit surprised that you didn't see the keywords listed among those in the Index Designer. Normally when you have a mix of Topic Level keywords and HHK keywords, they are all presented together in the Index Designer. But those that are Topic Level will have a different appearance.

Click here to see a depiction

Cheers... Rick

[Peter Grainge]

I've heard of a couple of instances where the keywords disappeared after an upgrade.

[Peter Grainge]

I've heard of a couple of instances where the keywords disappeared after an upgrade.