[mea] Re: estimating for Indexing
- From: cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:31:06 -0500
Hi, Jonah:
I see your question and raise you a few more:
-What tool are you working in to make the index? MS Word, FrameMaker, an
Indexing program (such as Macrex or Cindex)... ?
-If MS Word or Frame, etc., will you use the tool's index feature or make
an index manually?
-What method of indexing are you using? I've used Nancy Mulvaney's and
Chicago's, which are slightly different from each other. I liked
Mulvaney's but haven't checked out her updated version yet.
Here are some resources if that helps any:
http://www.indexers.ca/resources.html.
It took me about 2 hours to index a 100-page user manual last time I did
one in MS Word, plus an hour of testing and troubleshooting. But I'm not
an experienced indexer, so there may have been an easier way.
-Cheri
"Jonah O'Neil" <jonah.oneil@xxxxxxxxx>
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Hello,
A few weeks ago I posted a question regarding quoting for editorial work,
and received some excellent responses - so thank you very much for that!
My new questions is about Indexing. I have never created an index for a
client, although I grasp the general concept.
How would one estimate the amount of time creating an index will take?
And what kinds of questions should I ask the client to help me estimate
the amount of time it will take to do the indexing?
Cheers,
Jonah
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