Search failure (was RE: If Bill Gates is such a great philanthropist . . .)

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Maggie_Secara wrote:
 
> The answer has already been posted (there really is only one 
> answer to this
> question) so I'll just add that your search may have failed 
> because we've been in the habit of talking about "graphics" 
> more than about "pictures".

And that points out precisely why text search, no matter how "powerful,"
is a poor substitute for a well-crafted index. We Techwhirlers talk
mainly about "graphics"; Microsofties talk mainly about "pictures." A
wise indexer would make sure that topics were indexed using both terms,
along with "images." 

Does anybody else use the Word 2003 Help and frequently end up
muttering, "Where the @#$%& is the &^%$# index"? 

Richard


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Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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