Issue 20599 - Function to delete all index entries from the document
Summary: Function to delete all index entries from the document
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1 RC5
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial with 11 votes (vote)
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Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Reported: 2003-10-02 11:34 UTC by eric.savary
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:33 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description eric.savary 2003-10-02 11:34:56 UTC 
Index entries can't be deleted all at the time.
This must be donne onhe by one.
Thisa is very annoying.

Proposal: add 2 buttons in the Edit entry dialog.
[Delete all similar entries]
[    Delete all entries    ]

An "Are you sure?" warning should pop-up on pressing the second button.
Comment 1 grsingleton 2005-04-11 13:59:00 UTC 
I too want this feature. I created the usre guide that is currently in the doc
project and discovered that I hae botched the index. Removing index entries
one-by-one is painful in a near 500 page document.
Comment 2 ooo 2010-05-05 13:43:35 UTC 
Especially when using a concordance file and changing options like case
sensitive or word only there MUST be an option to remove existing index entries
first.
Comment 3 renebartez 2010-06-20 11:45:18 UTC 
Is incredible that there is no way to remove all index entries in a single
operation!
When I use MS Word:
With the XE fields displayed, use the replace function 
to replace ^d XE with nothing or ^19 with nothing.

Proposal (Without changing the UI)

Delete all similar entries =  CTRL + ALT + click button [Delete]
Delete all entries         =  CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + click button [Delete]

You can not go on like this:
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=55770

bye.
Comment 4 renebartez 2010-06-20 11:46:26 UTC 
Is incredible that there is no way to remove all index entries in a single
operation!
When I use MS Word:
With the XE fields displayed, use the replace function 
to replace ^d XE with nothing or ^19 with nothing.

Proposal (Without changing the UI)

Delete all similar entries =  CTRL + ALT + click button [Delete]
Delete all entries         =  CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + click button [Delete]

You can not go on like this:
http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=55770

bye.
Comment 5 00oit 2010-08-18 08:20:59 UTC 
Please, see my commentary on the issue 61778
An option to export/sync the concordance file could be a solution.
Comment 6 m_z 2010-08-21 14:00:22 UTC 
In my opinion, is a related issue 61643 (Advanced editing).
Proposal: add 3 buttons in the Edit entry dialog.
[Delete all similar entries]
[    Delete all entries    ]
[   OK to similar entries  ]