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Subject:how to index multi-book PDFs? From:"Schieler, Eric" <eschieler -at- opentv -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 6 Nov 2001 16:07:08 -0600
How would you index a document set (3000 pages, 3-7 books) packaged as a
single PDF file? Would you provide a separate index for each book, or one
cumulative index for all books in the PDF? Why?
Assumptions:
- Frame is used to create the books and indexes
- Products and users are technical (software development tools)
- Each book may be indexed by a different person
- PDFs will be accessed from CD or hard drive only (not online)
Are there any guidelines based on usability research for multi-book indexes,
such as the maximum number of different books per "global" index?
Thanks,
Eric Schieler
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