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Subject:Re: [INDEX] Comma Usage From:Lori Lathrop <76620 -dot- 456 -at- COMPUSERVE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 14 Mar 1995 07:29:51 EST
In response to Josee Sevigny, Beverly Parks (bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL)
said:
> [snip]
> First, if you want these things listed under a "Screen element"
> entry, that's fine, but I would list "Screen element" only once
> with the element names beneath it:
> Screen element
> push button
> window
> etc.
> Second, if you think the screen elements are important enough to
> be indexed, you may also want to list them separately in their
> appropriate alphabetic section of the index:
> P
> ...
> push button
> ...
> W
> ...
> window
> ...
Beverly -- I'm embarrassed to say that your response is better than my
response to Josee yesterday :-) (And I am a professional indexer.)
Unfortunately, I was in crunch mode, and I dashed off a quick response
even though I wasn't sure I understood Josee's question.
Lori Lathrop ----------> INTERNET:76620 -dot- 456 -at- compuserve -dot- com
