Re: Learning to index my own project

["Milan Davidovic" <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:33 PM, Jennifer C. Bennett
<fritillary -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> I am a technical writer working in the software industry.  I've been working
> on a large RoboHelp 7 Web Help project... Since
> the project is so large, I am tending to think that the index should be well
> thought out, rather than relying on an automated system.

How long do you have to produce the index? You might consider hiring
an experienced contractor, shadowing them and asking questions, and
then supplement that with reading, taking a class, experimenting with
smaller projects, etc and then have a go at the next revision of this
big project.

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