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Subject:Re: Reasons for online (hypertext links) From:"Lindamood, Brad" <blindamood -at- DCA -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 20 Dec 1994 11:52:44 EST
Coleen-
Even though the FrameMaker index contains hypertext links,
those links are still based on index markers created by the
writer or indexer, so the quality of the index is still
dependent on the indexer. The links are not created
automatically by Frame based on explicitly spelled-out
text.
I think Bob's only point (and forgive me if I'm wrong) is
that jumping from the online index to the referenced page
is much quicker via a hypertext link. The actual content of
the index would be same as in the printed version.
>============== I'm not sure why a manual index is superior
>to an online index. They should be the same. If you use
>FrameMaker, you can generate an index with hypertext
>links. What could be quicker than that?
>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>Bob, you've answered your own question. If the online
>index is created with hypertext links, it's missing a lot.
>Concepts that are not spelled out explicitly in the text
>are not indexed. A manual index is likely created by a
>human indexer, and would pick up those missing concepts.
>That's why the manual index is far superior!
>And quicker is not necessarily better!
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