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I am just starting to work on my first XML first index for Elsevier, and can already see that macros will be a big time-saver. My (feeble) efforts to write a...
Samantha Miller
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Jan 1, 2009
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11275
Hi there, I know that over at another Yahoo Group, that is for SKY Index software users, you can usually get help with macros. It's a very helpful group for...
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Jan 1, 2009
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11276
Hi Mary, Thanks, I will post there as well. I was trying not to overpost, but that might have been a better place to start to begin with. Happy New Year! Sam ...
Samantha Miller
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11277
My daughter used it when she was in the Peace Corps in the South Pacific. She called her friends all over the world for just about nothing. When she called us...
Bonnie Hanks
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Jan 1, 2009
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11278
Wow, thanks so much, Paula. This was the part I needed: ... I contact the U of Chi Press about it. They no longer make the version of the program I have. Guess...
Carol
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Jan 2, 2009
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11279
And your selection tells me, probably, that you and I are encountering the same thing: usage of who/whom. I copyedit editors who apparently have no idea when...
Paula Presley
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Jan 2, 2009
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11280
If there are any legal indexers in the room, can you tell me which of these styles would be more correct in an index? Constitution Act, 1767 Constitution Act...
Carol
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Jan 3, 2009
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11281
... It's even worse than that. The person I'm having a dispute with (granted, not an editor) claims the "m" was dropped years ago. Back in the 80s, he thinks....
Carol
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Jan 3, 2009
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11282
... I am not a "legal indexer" and do not index book for the use of lawyers in courtrooms [which require very specific formats]. I do however, come across a...
James Lamb
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Jan 3, 2009
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11283
... That's typically how I do it. It was recently brought to my attention that the year might be part of the title of the legislation. If that's true, then...
Carol
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Jan 3, 2009
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11284
... All recent UK legislation (since 1987) is available online (and presumably similarly with other legislatures). The start of the legislation will actually...
James Lamb
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Jan 3, 2009
12:25 pm
11285
I index quite a few law books and I use that same style. Katharyn ... From: "Carol" <indexer@...> To: <indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Katharyn Dunham
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Jan 3, 2009
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11286
... What a tease thou art! I was compelled to look this up. (Wikipedia seems pretty good.) Joel...
Joel S. Berson
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Jan 3, 2009
1:19 pm
11287
To your enlightenment, this might help. It's from M-W free online dictionary: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whom whomOne entry found. Main...
Paula Presley
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Jan 3, 2009
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11288
... In that case, one could keep the number off the end by saying: Canadian Constitution Act of 1767 (Great Britain) ... (1) "Act" isn't all-caps, because it...
Ed Rush
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Jan 3, 2009
8:24 pm
11289
... Strangely, though, ACT is all-caps in the Section 1 (a) of the Act itself, where it says how it should be cited: "This Act may be cited as the ``Uniting...
James Lamb
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Jan 4, 2009
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11290
... -*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*— Ed Rush, Boise, Idaho ed@... http://edrene.us/ [Non-text portions of this message have...
Ed Rush
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Jan 5, 2009
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11291
I'm speechless. Thanks for sharing this info, Ed. This might explain the exponential rise in spam in my mailbox. Of course my first reaction is to opt out of...
Carol
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11292
... No-one mentioned spam and I don't see what connection this has with spam. This is about collection browser destination information in order to select which...
James Lamb
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Jan 5, 2009
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11293
... It also isn't recent. I first saw warnings about this several years ago. Tia [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Tia Leschke
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Jan 5, 2009
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11294
I second the thanks, here. I've never been fond of Yahoo! This reinforces a general negative impression. They must be desperate to make enough money to stay in...
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Jan 5, 2009
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11295
I think this was discussed years ago but on the ohter list. I can't seem to find it in our archives. Can anyone tell me how to index cases or legal...
Rae
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Jan 5, 2009
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11296
This is very old news, too. I've seen the same info occasionally as far back as ~2 years ago. I've been on Yahoo for many years, as a subscriber and a list...
Ann Truesdale
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Jan 5, 2009
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11297
... * * * * * Reply Separator * * * * * I do remember going through this before. However, it appears that one has to opt out periodically. All three of my...
Tom Brown
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Jan 5, 2009
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11298
... The opt-out is handled by placing a cookie on your machine, so if at any time you cleared all your internet history including cookies, then the opt-out on...
James Lamb
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Jan 5, 2009
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11299
The Indexers Network has 31 listings on its upcoming events calendar, but we are sure there are more meetings out there that aren't listed yet. If you have an...
Jan Wright
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Jan 5, 2009
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11300
When I browse a Web page about knitting and then the next day I start getting spam about knitting supplies, I figure it's more than a coincidence. ... Cheers, ...
Carol
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Jan 5, 2009
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11301
... that has nothing to do with Yahoo though. That's only to do with the website you visit. I don't understand why people hate Yahoo. I've been in groups or ...
Rae
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Jan 5, 2009
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... At least they've changed the tricky way they used to handle the opt-out. You'd click to opt out, and then you'd get a screen that was confusing at best. It...
Tia Leschke
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Jan 5, 2009
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... I think that's true. I rarely get any spam, and I browse all over the web. The majority of spam I do get these days is phishing. Tia [Non-text portions of...
Tia Leschke
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