How to remove a keyword in Aperture 3

I've been testing Aperture 3 now for a few hours. First impression is that it's great! Faster than Aperture 2 and raw support for LX3.
In the Metadata inspector I miss the keywords-list, which in Aperture 2 used to be at the bottom of the Metadata tab. That place is occupied now by Map. I used the keywords-list to remove keywords from an image. In the Aperture 2 manual I read that removing keywords should be done now by deleting it from the keywords textbox, which is not very easy. But, in my case, it does not work!
Where has the keywords list gone?
How do I remove a keyword from an image?
Greetz, Koen

Piece of cake (Aperture is -- like most programs -- very good at batch processing).
Select all the images which have the wrong keyword. Remove it from all of them (use whatever method you like). All the images are still selected. Add the new keyword (use whatever method you like).
Databases are tremendously powerful at ... manipulating data. In all cases they follow the now-standard "Noun, Verb" syntax: first select what you want to act on, then specify the action.
There are four separate specific sections in the User Manual detailing applying keywords:
http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/index.html#chapter=10%26se ction=0
And one specific section on removing them:
http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/index.html#chapter=10%26se ction=8%26tasks=true
Message was edited by: Kirby Krieger to add links to User Manual.

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