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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May 1, 2004 4:01 pm
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Hello: I have partially Indexed a book entitled "Step-by-Step Bookkeeping: The Complete Handbook for the Small Business", as a practise exercise using SKY,...
Hello: The problem with SpyBot is that it can delete or immunize programs that you actually trust & use as well. Initially, be careful as to what you ask it to...
SpyBot does save any changes made and allow you to restore them if it turns out it zapped a wanted program. I've used it for quite some time and have yet to...
I have been offered an indexing job, but the client wants to pay me by the hour, not the page. I would greatly appreciate any advice or suggestions for...
Congratulations! I don't know really what to say, though. My bet is they're going to expect you to say around 15-18 hour but that isn't a good working wage for...
... I'd tell them that sight unseen my rate is $50 per hour, but I can give a more precise estimate after seeing the material. If they absolutely choke, ask...
Hello, My name is Jeffrey Turner, and I am interested in learning indexing. The twist is, I'm visually impaired. I use a computer to access electronic text,...
Jeffrey Turner
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May 7, 2004 6:29 pm
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Hi Jeffrey Glad you made it here. I hope you can get some good ideas from folks here. I'm interested to know if there are other blind indexers out there. I'm...
Welcome to the group, Jeffrey! First of all, since you're in the Boston area, have you contacted anybody in the New England ASI Chapter? That would be your...
Linda, I've not explored database indexing myself. Could you maybe describe the process and how it differs from book indexing, not only for Jeffrey's sake, but...
In both database and book indexing, you read the material, decide what concepts are indexable, and try to help the reader find them. Some of the differences...
I'm pretty sure that there's a visually impaired person out there somewhere using Macrex. I have forwarded your message to Gale Rhoades, who will know if I'm...
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May 9, 2004 2:54 am
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Hey all, if anyone wants to farm out any names indexes, I have a protegee who is looking for work. She's done a couple of big author indexes now and actually...
How/How does she charge? How long is she willing to wait for payment? That sounds awful, but my current help is willing to wait until I get paid--of course, if...
Oy gevalt, Dawn LOL. Do I hear desperation in your voice? LOL ... You will negotiate with her. ... Yes, she understands she gets paid when the contracting...
In a message dated 5/17/2004 2:20:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... When I farm it out, yep, I'm desperate! LOL! D. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I'm tackling a scholarly index, and now have a question (actually a comment, the n a question). I've completed an author index, and a subject index (this is a ...
Doesn't "reference page number" mean the page number of the reference section - you said that there are multiple reference sections, one after each chapter, so...
This is a book in which it is required that each citation on text has a reference list entry. It means you need to reference each citation in text, whether in...
Tonya, I think they mean that they want the page number where the reference is listed to be italics. I don't really know why. Usually I've only done that with...
Please pardon if this gets posted twice; I was in the middle of sending and first version seems to have disappeared... Thanks for your replies to the reference...
If an author is discussed (no parentheses) AND cited (parentheses), in the author index, do I just list the one locator in italics, or do I list the locator...
... Perhaps you had better check with your client. What you describe is loosely Chicago. In APA style citations are both in and out of parenthesis. A citation...
In a message dated 5/18/04 2:54:08 PM, informationoverload2003@... ... You ask your client for clarification. [Non-text portions of this message have...
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May 18, 2004 7:10 pm
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I've completed an author index, and a subject index (this is a multiauthor work, with a reference section following each indiviudally authored chapter)....
I'm indexing a book that includes information about Queen Ntombi Tfwala of Swaziland. She is the present Queen Mother. I've check in Chicago, Mulvany and...
Hi Nora: According to the Swazi cultural page: www.sntc.org.sz she is "Queen mother Ntombi of Tfwala clan". A wonderful source for names is Human Rights...
