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Subject:Re: Index entries for glossary terms From:"David M. Brown" <dmbrown -at- BROWN-INC -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 9 Jul 1999 08:10:33 -0700
Ann Howell wrote:
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> should I be creating entries for terms that appear in the glossary ... ?
Unless the client specifically tells me not to, I'll include the glossary terms in the index, typically with "definition" or "defined" as a subentry.
Most terms are actually used in the text of the document, so there are multiple subentries, and it makes sense to distinguish definitions from "usage in context."
--David
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