... This probably comes under the heading of dumb questions, but what's an "IU member"?...
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Kenny H
kennyhassman
Sep 15, 2005 9:48 pm
Hello Group I cannot figure this out though I am sure it's really simple. Medical index, all initial caps, one of the entries I need is an acronynm, aPTT. I...
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Rachel Rice
sevencatday
Sep 15, 2005 9:50 pm
... Assuming you're using Cindex, put a ~ before the one you want to override: ~aPTT It will show in Draft View, but in Full Format, the tilde will be ...
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Kenny H
kennyhassman
Sep 15, 2005 10:07 pm
Rachel, Thanks for such a quick response, yes it worked! Ken...
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Wendy Catalano
wencat5
Sep 16, 2005 1:35 am
Richard, I didn't figure it out right away, either. I think Charles is referring to Indexers Unlimited. You can go to www.indexersunlimited.org for more info. ...
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indexlady@...
technidexes
Sep 16, 2005 1:56 am
In a message dated 9/15/2005 9:37:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, wencat5@... writes: <...I think Charles is referring to Indexers Unlimited....> Charles...
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anderson13_2000
Sep 17, 2005 4:21 pm
Wendy is quite correct. Please accept my apologies for cluttering up this list with mis-directed emails. I have renamed the indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
Sep 18, 2005 6:14 pm
Well, here's a new one for me. I have an entry for "Iraq war." I like to include dates in parens. for wars, treaties, etc. What dates would I give for this...
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Sonsie Conroy
sonsiec
Sep 18, 2005 10:44 pm
... That symbol didn't come through the way you surely intended it to, but I'd use an en dash after 2002, to indicate "ongoing." I don't recall a specific ...
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mhchoate
mhyerchoate
Sep 18, 2005 11:33 pm
When are wars considered to begin? .... I'm sure you know your 2002 date is right .... had I been asked though, I would have said 2003 ..... I know Bush was...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
Sep 19, 2005 3:34 am
It was the year, followed by an en dash, followed by a question mark. But you're right, I should need only an en dash. That's how birth/death dates are given...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
Sep 19, 2005 3:35 am
Oh, thanks. I thought it was the spring immediately after 9/11, but I don't remember for sure. I'll look it up. Cheers, Carol ... [Non-text portions of this...
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Joel S. Berson
joelberson
Sep 19, 2005 11:59 am
I would agree: 2002-- [meant to be en dash], as is done for multi-volume books still being published and for authors still alive. Joel...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
Sep 19, 2005 5:06 pm
Thanks, everybody. Then my entry will look like this (with corrected date and with en dash): Iraq war (2003- ) Someone else pointed out offlist that having a...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
Sep 21, 2005 7:38 pm
I just got an e-mail from an editor at a Press I've never worked for. He was responding to a résumé I sent him in 2000. Cheers, Carol...
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Joanne Sprott
jesprott11
Sep 21, 2005 10:19 pm
Hey, Carol, I can beat that one! :-) I've been trying to hook one independent publisher since about 1997, and they finally contacted me this year after years...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
Sep 22, 2005 12:11 am
... I probably didn't explain this properly. I had no contact at all with this publisher after I sent the résumé, just because that's not how I do my...
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JACQUI519@...
jacqui519
Sep 22, 2005 12:56 am
I also had a surprised experience last month that was a blast from the past. I worked with a project editor at the old Butterworth-Heinemann who left to work...
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Richard Comfort
richcomfort
Sep 28, 2005 8:23 pm
... Your message is from July and on a specific question, but I agreed to take on a musical encyclopedia at my usual rate only to find, per your message, that...
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Bobbi Swanson
bobbie_swanson
Sep 29, 2005 1:50 am
I am sorry for cross posting this, but I thought it was important enough to share with everyone. This is an article about saving money on gas by adding ...
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Reese
reeza
Sep 30, 2005 12:02 pm
[ADMIN NOTE: Reese, you and several others are still on moderated status because I haven't had time to go in and take you all off. There's no other reason...
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indexersdiscussionlis...
Oct 1, 2005 1:45 pm
Welcome to the Indexer's Discussion List. The purpose of this list is to provide a forum for discussing the creation of indexes, psychological issues of being...
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Ina Gravitz
inagravitz
Oct 2, 2005 9:47 pm
REMINDER WITH EXACT LOCATION The Twin Cities Chapter of ASI invites you to our annual meeting. Date: Saturday, October 15, 2005 Location: College of St....
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Richard Comfort
richcomfort
Oct 3, 2005 4:08 pm
I think I saw some discussion on this once, but my search is not turning it up. How do you index musicians who lead groups with the same name as their surnames...
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mhyerchoate@...
mhyerchoate
Oct 3, 2005 5:10 pm
Looks OK to me ... I do similar stuff all the time .... ... From: "Richard Comfort" <rcomfort@...> To: <indexersdiscussionlist@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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Sonsie Conroy
sonsiec
Oct 3, 2005 6:42 pm
... Depending on the situation, this would work fine. If the book is all about rock bands and there are many of these types of entries, it makes good sense. If...
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Bobbi Swanson
bobbie_swanson
Oct 6, 2005 8:36 pm
I have an entry problem that is absolutely perplexing me, and I hope someone can give me some advice on this. The book I have in front of me is about the YMCA...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
Oct 6, 2005 8:44 pm
Since YMCA is your metatopic, I would be inclined to leave that out of titles altogether. So I would have an entry for leadership programs (in the Ls) and then...
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Bobbi Swanson
bobbie_swanson
Oct 6, 2005 9:01 pm
I had considered this, but since YMCA was part of the title, I wasn't sure about how to handle it. What you say makes so much sense, I am going to write to...
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Carol Roberts
indexer53211
Oct 6, 2005 9:14 pm
You're welcome. Another thing to consider is putting your explanation in a head note, so readers will know up front that "YMCA" is understood in program...
