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Re: Index (WAS What sayest me... on Worthless TC Degrees)
Subject:Re: Index (WAS What sayest me... on Worthless TC Degrees) From:"Jason A. Czekalski" <topsidefarm -at- mva -dot- net> To:TECHWR-L digest <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 28 Mar 2000 10:16:33 -0800
"Tim Altom" wrote:
<< Indexes are no bargain either, at times. In a book on FrameMaker, how
many
listings might there be for "text". One? Twelve? How many times have I
looked in an index and found so many page numbers that I had to keep a
thumb
in the index while I looked? >>
And that is the what I mean when I talk about a properly done index. If
all you get is a term and a dozen page references, then the index is
poorly done. If there are that many listings for a subject, then it is
time to make out some sub-headings. Define what each of these "text"
references is related to.