Re: First Time Indexer

[David Schor]

Fabio,

You have to place a marker at every location that you want to appear
in the index. Keep in mind that you don't necessarily have to place
every single instance of a term or expression in the index. Only refer
readers to the places where they will find relevant information
related to the indexed item.

Good luck,
--
David Schor
Senior Technical Writer
RADLAN, a Marvell Company
Tel: (+972) 3 7662823
Cellular: (+972) 54 4788253
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On 1/12/07, Fabio Di Francesco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi All,



First time generating an index with FM.



First of all: how do you get the index to show all the pages that contain a
specific marked word? Example: I've marked the word DIP switch on page 5 and
the word also appears on pages 20, 26, and 30. When I generate the index, it
only shows page number 5. Do you have to go through the entire document and
mark the same words over and over again? That would seem illogical.



Please help.



Thanks.



Fabio Di Francesco

Technical Writer

ITW Muller

16715 Hymus Blvd

Kirkland, QC H9H 5M8

(514) 426-9248 Ext. 368


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First Time Indexer

[David Schor]

Fabio,

You have to place a marker at every location that you want to appear
in the index. Keep in mind that you don't necessarily have to place
every single instance of a term or expression in the index. Only refer
readers to the places where they will find relevant information
related to the indexed item.

Good luck,
-- 
David Schor
Senior Technical Writer
RADLAN, a Marvell Company
Tel: (+972) 3 7662823
Cellular: (+972) 54 4788253
E-mail: dschor at marvell.com
Web: www.marvell.com

On 1/12/07, Fabio Di Francesco  wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> First time generating an index with FM.
>
>
>
> First of all: how do you get the index to show all the pages that contain a
> specific marked word? Example: I've marked the word DIP switch on page 5 and
> the word also appears on pages 20, 26, and 30. When I generate the index, it
> only shows page number 5. Do you have to go through the entire document and
> mark the same words over and over again? That would seem illogical.
>
>
>
> Please help.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Fabio Di Francesco
>
> Technical Writer
>
> ITW Muller
>
> 16715 Hymus Blvd
>
> Kirkland, QC H9H 5M8
>
> (514) 426-9248 Ext. 368
>

First Time Indexer

[Fabio Di Francesco]

Hi All, 

 

First time generating an index with FM.

 

First of all: how do you get the index to show all the pages that contain a
specific marked word? Example: I've marked the word DIP switch on page 5 and
the word also appears on pages 20, 26, and 30. When I generate the index, it
only shows page number 5. Do you have to go through the entire document and
mark the same words over and over again? That would seem illogical.

 

Please help.

 

Thanks.

 

Fabio Di Francesco

Technical Writer

ITW Muller

16715 Hymus Blvd

Kirkland, QC H9H 5M8

(514) 426-9248 Ext. 368

 

 

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Re: First Time Indexer

[Steve Rickaby]

At 11:35 -0500 12/1/07, Fabio Di Francesco wrote:

First of all: how do you get the index to show all the pages that contain a
specific marked word? Example: I've marked the word DIP switch on page 5 and
the word also appears on pages 20, 26, and 30. When I generate the index, it
only shows page number 5. Do you have to go through the entire document and
mark the same words over and over again? That would seem illogical.

Fabio: you get one index entry for every index field within an index marker. 
So, for example, if you want to index 'dip switch', you place an index marker 
at every instance of the term you want to index.

If you use this text in the marker: DIP switch;Switch:DIP, and put the marker 
on pages 3, 10, 25, you index will look like this:

DIP switch 3, 10, 25
.
.
.
Switch
DIP 3, 10, 25


-- 
Steve
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Re: First Time Indexer

[John Posada]

 First time generating an index with FM.
 First of all: how do you get the index to show all the 
 pages that contain a specific marked word? Example: I've 
 marked the word DIP switch on page 5 and the word also 
 appears on pages 20, 26, and 30. When I generate the
 index, it only shows page number 5. Do you have to go 
 through the entire document and mark the same words over 
 and over again? That would seem illogical.

Yes, you do and it isn't illogical. Picture this. You have a term on
page 3 that you do want to index. However, it also appears 347 more
times in the document that are incidental. Do you want 348 instances
showing up in the index? 

In a case right now, I'm writing a document that uses the term ISC
Adapter. I want to index specific instances, maybe what appears on
page 3, 7, and 45. However, it appears MANY more times (47 times). Do
I want every instance indexed? Do I want a reader to have to look
through 47 instances to find the three that are signigicant?

What I want to do is, on page 3, enter ISC Adapter:Definition, on
page 7, ISC Adapter:Compatability, and on page 45, ISC
Adapter:Uninstalation. When I generate, I get:

ISC Adapter
  Definition, 3
  Compatability, 7
  Uninstalation, 45

Only by addressing them individual do you have the opportunity to
eter the appropriate subheading.

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never 
actually known what the question is.
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Re: First Time Indexer

[Frank Stearns]

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Fabio Di Francesco wrote:


Hi All,

First time generating an index with FM.

First of all: how do you get the index to show all the pages that contain a
specific marked word? Example: I've marked the word DIP switch on page 5 and
the word also appears on pages 20, 26, and 30. When I generate the index, it
only shows page number 5. Do you have to go through the entire document and
mark the same words over and over again? That would seem illogical.


Actually, you WANT the control to select/reject occurrences of each 
potential item to index. If you don't and instead hit every occurrence of 
a word or phrase, you wind up with one of those virtually useless things 
called a concordance. (A concordance can occasionally have limited value, 
but it is *not* an index.)


You might want to spend a little time finding out more about indexing in 
general. One good place to start is www.asindexing.org -- lots of good 
resources and information there.


Also, we offer IXgen, a toolset that supports indexing in FrameMaker. Our 
website is listed below.


Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for FrameMaker(r)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
TOLL FREE Voice (USA and Canada):  800-567-6421
USA Voice: 360-892-3970  USA FAX: 360-253-1498
http://www.fsatools.com
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First Time Indexer

[Fabio Di Francesco]

Hi All, 



First time generating an index with FM.



First of all: how do you get the index to show all the pages that contain a
specific marked word? Example: I've marked the word DIP switch on page 5 and
the word also appears on pages 20, 26, and 30. When I generate the index, it
only shows page number 5. Do you have to go through the entire document and
mark the same words over and over again? That would seem illogical.



Please help.



Thanks.



Fabio Di Francesco

Technical Writer

ITW Muller

16715 Hymus Blvd

Kirkland, QC H9H 5M8

(514) 426-9248 Ext. 368

First Time Indexer

[Steve Rickaby]

At 11:35 -0500 12/1/07, Fabio Di Francesco wrote:

>First of all: how do you get the index to show all the pages that contain a
>specific marked word? Example: I've marked the word DIP switch on page 5 and
>the word also appears on pages 20, 26, and 30. When I generate the index, it
>only shows page number 5. Do you have to go through the entire document and
>mark the same words over and over again? That would seem illogical.

Fabio: you get one index entry for every index field within an index marker. 
So, for example, if you want to index 'dip switch', you place an index marker 
at every instance of the term you want to index.

If you use this text in the marker: DIP switch;Switch:DIP, and put the marker 
on pages 3, 10, 25, you index will look like this:

DIP switch 3, 10, 25
. 
. 
. 
Switch
DIP 3, 10, 25


-- 
Steve

First Time Indexer

[John Posada]

> First time generating an index with FM.
> First of all: how do you get the index to show all the 
> pages that contain a specific marked word? Example: I've 
> marked the word DIP switch on page 5 and the word also 
> appears on pages 20, 26, and 30. When I generate the
> index, it only shows page number 5. Do you have to go 
> through the entire document and mark the same words over 
> and over again? That would seem illogical.

Yes, you do and it isn't illogical. Picture this. You have a term on
page 3 that you do want to index. However, it also appears 347 more
times in the document that are incidental. Do you want 348 instances
showing up in the index? 

In a case right now, I'm writing a document that uses the term "ISC
Adapter". I want to index specific instances, maybe what appears on
page 3, 7, and 45. However, it appears MANY more times (47 times). Do
I want every instance indexed? Do I want a reader to have to look
through 47 instances to find the three that are signigicant?

What I want to do is, on page 3, enter ISC Adapter:Definition, on
page 7, ISC Adapter:Compatability, and on page 45, ISC
Adapter:Uninstalation. When I generate, I get:

ISC Adapter
  Definition, 3
  Compatability, 7
  Uninstalation, 45

Only by addressing them individual do you have the opportunity to
eter the appropriate subheading.

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never 
actually known what the question is."

First Time Indexer

[Frank Stearns]

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Fabio Di Francesco wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> First time generating an index with FM.
>
> First of all: how do you get the index to show all the pages that contain a
> specific marked word? Example: I've marked the word DIP switch on page 5 and
> the word also appears on pages 20, 26, and 30. When I generate the index, it
> only shows page number 5. Do you have to go through the entire document and
> mark the same words over and over again? That would seem illogical.

Actually, you WANT the control to select/reject occurrences of each 
potential item to index. If you don't and instead hit every occurrence of 
a word or phrase, you wind up with one of those virtually useless things 
called a concordance. (A concordance can occasionally have limited value, 
but it is *not* an index.)

You might want to spend a little time finding out more about indexing in 
general. One good place to start is www.asindexing.org -- lots of good 
resources and information there.

Also, we offer IXgen, a toolset that supports indexing in FrameMaker. Our 
website is listed below.

Frank Stearns Associates | makers of IXgen(tm) for FrameMaker(r)
franks at fsatools.com 
TOLL FREE Voice (USA and Canada):  800-567-6421
USA Voice: 360-892-3970  USA FAX: 360-253-1498
http://www.fsatools.com