Reorganizing Keywords

Some how my keywords got scrambled. The first thing I'd like to do is move a keyword from its new (incorrect) location as a sub-keyword back to being a parent keyword of a hierarchy. I have tried dragging and dropping it but it immediately returns to its incorrect location. I considered creating a new keyword as a parent keyword (the same word), then open the images linked to the misplaced keyword and drag all the images to the newly created parent keyword. Then empty and delete the misplaced sub-keyword. But...I fear loosing links to collections, vitual copies, etc. for all the images.
Can any one advise me on the best method for returning the keywords to their original placement in the hierachy.
Of course if any one has any idea what may have caused my key words to scramble I would appreciate preventitive direction. This has happened before.
Almar

Another solution is the following:
Suppose you want the keyword Cats inside the parent keyword Animals. Select all images with the Cats keyword and in the Keyword Tags box replace Cats with Cats>Animals. (Yes, with the > sign between them).
This will give the same "temporary" keyword "Cats>Animals" to all of them, as can bee seen in the Keyword Tags box.
Now go to the Cats keyword in your list (so the one outside Animals). It shows that there are 0 items with this keyword.  Delete this one. All images will show Cats, and it is placed under the proper parent.
If you have a lot keywords that need to be changed the drag and drop method would be preferable but if that doesn't work this may your best option. Succes!

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