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2879
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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Nov 1, 2005
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2880
... What I did was scan my signature and create a graphic file of that. Then I inserted my signature into an invoice template. I then use this template to...
Carol
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Nov 1, 2005
11:56 pm
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... I just have a database form that I send, with no signature. After all, when I get a bill from the phone company or the glass shop, it doesn't have any...
Ed Rush
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Nov 2, 2005
3:38 am
2882
This is a great idea, I think I will do the same, I don't see any reason to send a fax, if this will work! Thanks for the suggestion, Bobbi From: "Carol"...
Bobbi Swanson
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Nov 2, 2005
4:37 am
2883
I only do it that way because a few clients have insisted that their accounting dept. needs a signature on the invoice. So I do that with all of them. Cheers, ...
Carol
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Nov 2, 2005
6:07 am
2884
The UC Berkeley Extension indexing course has two sections which are open on an alternating basis. The section taught by Jan Wright has now closed and the...
Sylvia Coates
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Nov 2, 2005
7:55 am
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I've never been asked for a signature. I send all my invoices via email as attachments (Word files) when I send the index. So far, no one has ever complained...
Rachel Rice
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Nov 2, 2005
12:27 pm
2886
In a message dated 11/2/2005 7:28:13 AM Eastern Standard Time, racric@... writes: <...to put in an invoice number (which I just make up anyway, there's...
indexlady@...
technidexes
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Nov 2, 2005
12:54 pm
2887
... What's your number scheme? I just use the year and then whatever numbers pop into my head. Maybe I should try to be more business- like about it, but all...
Rachel Rice
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Nov 2, 2005
1:06 pm
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... I know you were asking Dawn but I use the year, month, and day. So if I billed something today the invoice number would be 20051102. Heidi Blough...
Heidi Blough
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Nov 2, 2005
1:44 pm
2889
In a message dated 11/2/2005 8:06:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, racric@... writes: <...What's your number scheme?...> Nothing elaborate. I started at...
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technidexes
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Nov 2, 2005
1:46 pm
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In a message dated 11/2/2005 8:46:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, listmail@... writes: <...I use the year, month, and day...> You're more organized...
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technidexes
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Nov 2, 2005
1:51 pm
2891
Rae asked about number schemes for invoices. I use my initials plus the date (with zeros for numbers less than 10). Thus, the number on an invoice I send out...
Katharine Wiencke
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Nov 2, 2005
3:58 pm
2892
My invoice numbers look like this: IP-2005-06 The first two characters tell me who the publisher is, the middle part is the year, and the last two characters...
Connie Binder
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Nov 2, 2005
4:27 pm
2893
I start with a job number. When I get a book to index, I assign a number, starting with the year: 05-001 would be the first job this year. All the files and...
Sonsie Conroy
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Nov 2, 2005
5:11 pm
2894
racric@... writes: invoice number (which I just make up anyway, there's no order to it.) ... I use a 6-digit system for numbering invoices with the...
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Nov 2, 2005
6:03 pm
2895
Pretty far off-topic, but I thought some might be interested. I was checking my current typing speed versus dictation speed and found this online typing test...
Charles Anderson
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Nov 6, 2005
6:10 pm
2896
COOL! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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technidexes
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Nov 6, 2005
6:32 pm
2897
****REMINDER**** You are invited to hear Maria Coughlin, ASI President, speak about ASI's Certificate Course at our Fall meeting, November 10, 2005. There will...
iwiesen2000
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Nov 6, 2005
11:27 pm
2898
I'm trying to figure out what to do with this project in the absence of useful guidance from editor or publisher (don't ask), but the problem is that the book...
Richard Comfort
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Nov 13, 2005
6:41 pm
2899
... I've indexed books like that: diary entries, personal letters, and commentary. The commentaries are straightforward. For the diaries, I indexed names (and...
Carol
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Nov 13, 2005
6:54 pm
2900
I have a situation that I have not come across before. My current index is on psychobiology of physical activity - it really is very interesting. I am almost...
Bobbi Swanson
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Nov 13, 2005
10:04 pm
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... I usually do index that stuff. It may look like it's not terribly substantive, but it often provides context for those topics. Rather than indexing it...
Carol
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Nov 13, 2005
10:12 pm
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... I usualy don't index these kinds of introductory remarks, but if you want to, you certainly can. I also would not get too wrapped up in the idea of 3-5...
Sonsie Conroy
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Nov 13, 2005
10:21 pm
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Wow, thank you so much, Sonsie and Carol, for your quick reply - and to Dawney for her off-list response. I like all of these ideas, I am going to play...
Bobbi Swanson
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Nov 13, 2005
10:52 pm
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Do a single index. For a paragon of an index to a diary, see The Diary of Samuel Sewall, 1674-1729, Newly Edited from the Manuscript at the Massachusetts ...
Joel S. Berson
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Nov 14, 2005
2:59 pm
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I've done three diaries, one on a rancher in northeast Texas that is similar to your situation. I went ahead and indexed all of the material, but for the...
Joanne Sprott
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Nov 14, 2005
6:57 pm
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... That's true, for biographies as well as diaries. I typically include only the closest relationships as subs. Most of the personal names appear only as main...
Carol
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Nov 14, 2005
6:59 pm
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Thank you all for your *very* helpful suggestions. I will hie myself over to the library this morning to look up the Sewall book. The other thing I'm wrestling...
Richard Comfort
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Nov 15, 2005
6:20 pm
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... Yes. I think it's assumed in a book like that that all the entries are about the diarist. So you should be able to have very little indexed under the...
Carol
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Nov 15, 2005
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