Re: Index vs. Search

[Joanne Sprott <afterwords -at- aweditorial -dot- com>]

My apologies, Al. I must have misread the embedded stuff on the original 
message. Confusing indention.

Joanne

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al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com wrote:
> Uh....actually Ned Bedinger wrote that; although, I tend to agree with
> what he said.
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>> Al Geist wrote:
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>>> I agree, given a typical help file or electronic documentation, full
>>> text searching (FTS) is the only tool of value. Indexes these days, and
>>> even hyperlinked indexed, are mostly there for appearances, and are not
>>> developed systematically or thoroughly. If they were well developed,
>>> that would be a different fantasy, but as things exist today,
>>> fuggedaboutit, most of them are too mickey mouse to be useful.
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