Re: TIPS for Neophyte Who Must Create Index for Large Word Policy Doc?

[Gilles CASSIN <gcassin -at- noos -dot- fr>]

A few tips that are scarcely mentioned (you'll have plenty in the links 
cited by David Brown)
Don't overindex
Index with synonyms (eg font, character, size, courier, arial, bold, etc.)
try to check that the indexing covers all the book (you can sort the index 
by page numbers, put it in excel for instance, then sort the page number 
column)
A two level index (Size: character, circle, etc) is more difficult to 
build, but it allows you to easily emphasize the definition, or glossary entry
There are hoards of resources about indexing, so that'll be all. Which is 
not true: having a critical look at bad indexes is a good way to learn what 
should be avoided. Plus note that a poor index is worse than none (I thin 
of a two page lame thing at the end of a 500 page books. This is a glossary 
to be, not an index) Ans also, sometimes a glossary is better than an index.
HTH
Gilles
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