Index lists used keywords as if they were unused

[Tim_M-OVlFNH]

I'm using RoboHelp x5.0.2. I recently combined topics from two projects. During the process, I noticed that the keywords from the second project were not added to the index of the primary project. I re-entered them manually. When I compile the project, all the keywords from both projects show up and function correctly. When I view the project in RoboHelp, however, all the keywords from the second project appear in bold, as if they were unused. No topics are listed as being linked to them. If I view topic properties for any of these new topics, the keywords are correctly displayed on the Index tab of the Topic Properties screen. Any ideas why this might have happened and/or what I might do to correct it? I'm concerned primarily about what might happen if: 1) I (or anyone else accessing the project through RSC) use the tool option to remove unused index keywords, and 2) we try to upgrade this project to a newer version of RoboHelp.

[HKabaker]

Sorry, Peter, I didn't see you there, in between me and me. I'm deleting this me.

Regards,
Harvey

[Peter Grainge]

You say you entered the keywords again but you don't say you recreated the links. I wonder if you thought adding the words again would automatically do that?

When you regenerate the help, trying doing so to a new folder and see if the index still behaves correctly.

[HKabaker]

Tim,

It sounds like you imported some topics from one project into the other. Is that correct?

If so, the updated project has no record of the new keywords, even though a topic may bring in an information tag about being indexed. After you insert the new keywords, the project has no record of any links for them until you re-index the affected topics.

I can't recall whether X 5.0.2 has an "Import index" function. If it does, that's the best way. You need not delete the new, unlinked entries.

If you changed filenames or topic titles, the old links may not carry over.

If you combined topics by copy-and-paste, the above might work if the "from" and "to" topics have the same filenames and titles.

Otherwise, you need to run the indexer again, just on the affected topics.

Harvey

[Peter Grainge]

And could it be the keywords are held in the topics rather than the HHK file?