Dan:  When a customer specifies in the RFP that
manuals will be indexed, and that requirement makes it
to the contract, you index the manual.  

CoC

--- Dan Goldstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> In a happy world, a good index can increase user
> satisfaction, reduce
> calls to help centers, and even increase sales. But
> a good index isn't
> cheap, and some users simply ignore them.
> 
> If you can, survey your users first, before deciding
> whether to index.
> If you can't survey your users, work with your
> colleagues to estimate
> whether the index would actually be used.
> 
> Just because the author, indexer, or project manager
> is a big fan of
> indices, that doesn't mean that your users are.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bruce Wolf
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 10:06 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [TCP] Indexing
> > 
> > --- "Lisa M. Bronson (TCP)" wrote:
> > 
> > > How many of you do indexing as a part of your
> job?
> > >
> > 
> > We index when a customer requires it.
> > 



 
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