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Re: Indexing figures

Subject: Re: Indexing figures
From: Dan Roberts <DRoberts -at- ISOGON -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 1999 14:55:58 -0400

i've seen Big Blue do this in a number of manuals, but I never thought it did much more than bloat the index. For me, as a user, if I'm faced with a screen (or window or dialog) I'm more likely to first look in the index for the name of the screen.

Dan Roberts
droberts -at- isogon -dot- com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nancy Smith [mailto:smithcds -at- ICI -dot- NET]
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 1:26 PM
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> Subject: Re: Indexing figures
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>
> I did it once by having the index entry 'figures' (though I
> think in our
> case it was 'screens') and listing the titles as sub-entries.
>
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> > [mailto:TECHWR-L -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu]On Behalf Of DeVries, Ellen
> > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 1999 11:06 AM
> > To: TECHWR-L -at- listserv -dot- okstate -dot- edu
> > Subject: Indexing figures
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > In your opinion, should an index for a procedures manual
> > contain entries for
> > each figure? The figures are mostly mainframe screen samples,
> > and samples of
> > federal and/or inter-departmental forms. Note, the manual
> > already contains a
> > book-wide list of figures, listed in order of appearance.
> >
> > Any feedback appreciated, TIA.
> >
> > Ellen DeVries
> > edevries -at- glhec -dot- org
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