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Subject:Concordance and Indexing From:Dennis Hays <dhays -at- NOVALIS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 1 May 1997 13:39:40 -0400
I didn't mean to imply any simplicity about indexing, just the means to
start the process (after thinking through it, of course). The WordPerfect
method of starting, by creating a concordance file, is just one method that
could speed the process of a rather unexciting venture (although for some
of us, the process of indexing can be our entire life!).
The crux of my e-mail [email, Email, eMail, EMAIL, ______ ) was in regards
to Frame's view of the subject. The continued development of Frame could do
with some solid think-think about making this function work better--even if
it meant buying someone else's product and plugging it in.
I did not mean to denigrate anyone by short-sighting indexing, rather it
was a comment about the beginning mechanical stages of the process.
Just one person's opinion...
Dennis
Dennis Hays
Novalis Corporation
Telephone: 518/862-3465
eMail: dhays -at- novalis -dot- com
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