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I indexed a 596-page mightmare Word docs, with circles and arrows, and a
paragraph on the back of each one . . .. That, also, was a two-tiered index,
which ended up about 14 pages long, two-column.
Also, my book was one file because I could not get master docs to work and
using multiple files without master docs was inconvenient. Using one file
also made indexing easier, I think.
Anyway, I find Word's indexing to be one of the more stable features . . .
although showing codes and what that does to pagination drives me bananas.
I'd estimate 32-hours to create an index by hand (I concur, it's my favorite
way if not the *only* way) for a 400-page book, which includes testing and
proofing time.
All the best,
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: David Hickey [mailto:DHICKEY -at- ALIS -dot- COM]
>>>Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 11:19 AM
>>>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>>>Subject: Re: indexing
>>>
>>>
>>>Greetings!
>>>
>>>> >I have been asked to create an index in Word97 for a 400
>>>> > page document. I have no experience indexing and I need
>>>> > to estimate the amount of time it will take me to complete
>>>> > the index.>>>
