Re: Indexing Tools

[Alexia Prendergast <alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM>]

I use a tool called IXGEN that has three features in particular that are
very useful to me:
-I can generate an editable index file. When I make changes in that
file, IXGEN updates the markers in my frame files.
-I can generate index entries from paragraph tags I specify.
-I can generate index entries from keywords I specify.

A big time-saver.

For more info, see: http://www.pacifier.com/~franks/ixmid.html

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Alexia Prendergast
Tech Pubs Manager
Seagate Software (Durham, NC, USA)
mailto:alexiap -at- seagatesoftware -dot- com

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Marni Scotti [SMTP:marnis -at- ALLENSYSGROUP -dot- COM]
>Sent:  Wednesday, October 01, 1997 9:25 AM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Indexing Tools
>
>My company is currently trying to upgrade the indexes we include in
>technical documentation and I have spent the past few weeks trying to
>gather resources on the subject. Although the archive has been a great
>source for recommending Indexing books and manuals, I didn't see anything
>about Indexing software and I'm considering
>going that route.
>
>Does anyone have any suggestions regarding good Indexing software (must
>work well with Frame 5)? Any experiences (good or bad) with a certain type
>of software that you might want to share? Any web sites that have trial
>software one could download and test?
>
>(There was one company producing software called Indexicon, but they aren't
>ready to release the version that works with Frame and that was my only
>lead!)
>
>Any help/comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
>
>(I'm cross-referencing this between TechWr-L and the Frame list, so please
>forgive any duplicates!)
>
>
>Marni A. Scotti
>Technical Communications Dept.
>Allen Systems Group
>941-435-2365
>
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