RE: Index vs. Search

Subject: RE: Index vs. Search
From: "Al Geist" <al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 08:41:50 -0400

Indexes may be helpful to those who use them, but for online work, I always
go to the search function. That's just me, but I don't think I'm that much
different than others. To me, the index is part of the linear form of
documentation...a holdover from the print days. If I don't know the term,
the index won't help me; however, if I know the concept, the search function
will.

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Re: Index vs. Search: From: Fred Ridder
Re: Index vs. Search: From: jmccrooks

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