[mea] Re: estimating for Indexing
- From: "Jonah O'Neil" <jonah.oneil@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 08:59:26 -0500
Thanks Carrie. How much extra time would you add? 20%?
Cheers,
Jonah
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Carrie Walker-Jones <
carriewalkerjones@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> jonah,
>
> i always add in extra time when the learning curve is bound to be higher
> than usual.
>
> good luck,
> carrie
>
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> *From:* Jonah O'Neil <jonah.oneil@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* mea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Tue, October 12, 2010 8:47:14 AM
> *Subject:* [mea] Re: estimating for Indexing
>
> Hi Cheri,
>
> Whoa, boy, now I must declare my ignorance. I was not aware of programs
> like FrameMaker, Macrex, or Cindex. And I did not know that MS Word had an
> index feature.
>
> I was going to make an index manually. But now I will look into Word's
> index feature. Rather, I use a Mac, so maybe I'll look into Pages' index
> feature, if it has one. (I do not own Pages. I have Microsoft Office 2004
> for Mac, but it's not a great program.)
>
> Nor have I looked into any particular method - Mulvaney's, Chicago's, or
> otherwise.
>
> There's an Indexing Society of Canada??
>
> Okay, time to do some homework.
>
> My client needs a quote on the overall project soon, so what I think I'll
> do is quote separately for the indexing, after I've done more research.
>
> Thanks so much, Cheri!
>
> -Jonah
>
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 8:31 AM, <cheri.frazer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
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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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