Thank you for all the suggestions, the IXgen seems the way to go; I will
certainly buy it when I can afford the exchange rate. It looks terrific.
I do not want to start a debate about concordances and low usability
indexes, but there are certain types of documents where concordances are
very useful. Professional indexers have a strong antipathy to them.
Say you were indexing lengthy historical documents of one period, then a
concordance of all proper names would then be most useful. Genealogists have
often approached me about my published work, saying "you mentioned my
ancestor but he/she is not in your index."
The concordance can be a powerful *second* string. One can then go through
the document again and mark the marked entries. Multiple intelligent passes
through the document are unavoidable.
I look forward to the time when indexing can be automated to the point where
an 8 point font could say, indicate "mention only"; italics could indicate,
"ref in footnote", bold main reference, etc.. I do realise this is a long
way away.
Thanks for the answers. The learning curve is easing thanks to this
listserv. I appreciate it a lot.
Newbie Shell
Robert C.-H. Shell
Extraordinary Professor of Historical Demography
UWC
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