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<h1 id="hd_id3155186"><variable id="indices_delete"><link href="text/swriter/guide/indices_delete.xhp">Editing or Deleting Index and Table Entries</link></variable></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3155855" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Index entries are inserted as fields into your document. To view fields in your document, choose <item type="menuitem">View</item> and ensure that <item type="menuitem">Field Shadings</item> is selected.</paragraph>

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    <paragraph id="par_id3155507" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Place the cursor immediately in front of the index entry in your document.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3155526" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Edit - Reference - Index Entry...</emph>, and do one of the following:</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3154238" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">To change the entry, enter different text in the <emph>Entry</emph> box.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph id="par_id3154263" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">To remove the entry, click <emph>Delete</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3155893" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">To cycle through the index entries in your document, click the next or the previous arrows in the <link href="text/swriter/01/04120100.xhp"><emph>Edit Index Entry</emph> dialog</link>.</paragraph>
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