RE: Multiple Index Entries: Your Input, Please...

["Joe Malin" <jmalin -at- tuvox -dot- com>]

My standard is to use nouns as index terms, and with two forms that act
as nouns, I prefer the real one over the grammatical one. So Index entry
No. 1 is what I would use. 

This is based on the idea that an index that uses

Users
	adding

is more granular than

Adding
	users

This is a standard I learned on the job. I don't know if it has any
basis in usability research.

I wouldn't include both forms. My expectation is that most users will
look through the index and figure out how it's organized. If the style
of Users > adding is consistently used, the reader will know how to look
up most information.

And, as you say, users is more specific than adding.



Joe Malin
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Subject: Multiple Index Entries: Your Input, Please...

Hello all!

I have an indexing question; please give me your opinion.  

In many cases, it's possible to have two (or more) index entries that
refer you to the same page.  Example:
* Index Entry No. 1:  Users, adding to system . . . p. 264
* Index Entry No. 2:  Adding users to system . . . p. 264

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