Delete an index entry - Help and How-to

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Delete an index entry

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2003

If you don't see the XE fields, click Show/Hide on the Standard toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, press ALT and then SHIFT+F10.).
Select the entire index entry (index entry: A field code that marks specific text for inclusion in an index. When you mark text as an index entry, Microsoft Word inserts an XE (Index Entry) field formatted as hidden text.) field, including the braces {}, and press DELETE.
To update the index, click to the left of the index, and press F9.