Index showing entries that don't exist

Hi @DexAlpenglow:

Is there a way to automatically delete all of the index markers and then rgnerate the index?

Am I the only one alarmed by this question? If you pull out all the index markers, you remove the ones that are working correctly along with the extraneous ones, and then will have to put the good ones back in again. If you don't, when you regenerate the index you will only have the Title and no content. 

it seems wierd the regenerating or updating the index wouldn't do this automatically?

Updating the index simply combs through the source files, collects the content associated with the markers, and creates the alphabetical list. If there are markers that shouldn't be there, it will continue to collect that content until you remove the markers.

Big lake is only found on page 6, not 7 and not 8. I have even tried a find/replace search and that does not pull up anything on pages 7 or 8. So why does the index think that the term "big lake" is on pages 7 and 8?

Finally, take another look at the content on page 7-8. The words "big lake" themselves may not appear, but is the discussion focused on things to do at and around big lake, for example? Professional indexers and subject matter experts index topics, not necessarily the words themselves. And if so, that should be a page range, i.e., BIG LAKE, 6–8.

~Barb

The indexing process is just reporting where it finds index markers. My guess would be that they were left in the text after editing of the actual content.

Turn on all markers (Type | Show Hidden Characters or Ctrl+Alt+I) and look for pale blue index markers:

Delete any that aren't supposed to be there. I don't know of any more streamlined method to remove the extras.