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Maaike Groenewege asked for suggestions to assist her with indexing her
"monster" manual. Karen Spern had two good book suggestions. Another good
book with indexing information is "Read Me First: A Style Guide for the
Computer Industry" by Sun Technical Publications. The chapter on indexing is
concise, but thorough. The rest of the book is top-notch, too, covering lots
of topics of interest to tech writers.
Also, I can't remember if you said you were using Frame to produce your
manual, Maaike. If you are, I highly recommend a tool to help you with your
indexing: IXGen. I don't remember the web site for downloading a trial
version, but you can get to it through www.frameusers.com, in the Power
Tools section. It's a great tool, and Frank Stearns, the creator of it,
provides very good support.
HTH,
Lydia : )
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Lydia Wong
Technical Writer
FarPoint Technologies, Inc.
www.fpoint.com
