On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Jack M. Lyon wrote:
Usually indexers don't care so much about seeing the actual page numbers, but they do care about seeing the *structure* of the index as they work.
Which brings up another issue that might be a wrench in the gears: different standards for indexes (e.g., British vs. American) and publisher or subject area preferences. I was, of course, totally ignorant of all this until I read Nancy Mulvany's book and learned that my publisher does not hire professional indexers, but leaves us authors to struggle through the process all alone. Rich -- Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D. | Author of "Quantifying Environmental Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) | Impact Assessments Using Fuzzy Logic" <http://www.appl-ecosys.com> Voice: 503-667-4517 Fax: 503-667-8863
