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Subject:RE: Should a glossary be indexed? From:"James Jones" <doc-x -at- earthlink -dot- net> To:"'Stevenson, Rebecca'" <Rebecca -dot- Stevenson -at- workscape -dot- com>, "'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:50:55 -0600
Rebecca,
My thinking on the matter is that Glossaries should NOT be indexed. A
Glossary is a thing for quick-reference, like an Index, but it's
different from an Index.
Now I've seen some indexes that have glossary items and refer the
reader to the glossary page, but I don't think that's necessary (Just
'see Glossary' is good enough). But I think that glossary items do not
have to be in the index.
Jim Jones
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Rebecca Stevenson wrote:
It seems to me that the answer would be no, but I came across one today
so thought I might pose the question to the community at large..
