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In response to Misti Delaney, asking a question for Tara Edwards Barber at
CText, Inc. ...
DISCLAIMER: I am, I must admit, very biased on this topic. "Automatic
indexing" is a misnomer. Indexes are *created*, not *generated* by some
magical tool. Please consider the following as information only, *not* an
endorsement of any product.
That said, however, there is a software package that claims to do
automatic indexing in either WordPerfect of MS Word documents. Iconovex,
Inc. (in Bloomington, MN) developed a product called Indexicon, which has
received some very negative reviews from professional indexers.
Another company, Leverage Technologies (216-838-1203 - ask for Dave
Ream), has developed an add-on product that lets users tailor Indexicon's
output -- LexEdit for Indexicon 1.0. You can purchase both products,
Indexicon and LexEdit for Indexicon 1.0, from Leverage Technologies.
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