…or editor, or proofreader, or anyone who does most or all of their work in a sitting position. There was a lot serious continuing education at the American Society for Indexing’s 2018 conference, like software exploration, specialty indexing, controlled vocabulary, and indexing music sessions. There was also a session that still applies today entitled “Kinks […]
Embedded and Hyperlinked Indexes
The embedded index The embedded index is an index where the entries have been inserted into the content of the book. Embedded indexes have been around for decades, but they’ve been quite clunky until just a few years ago. With tags marking the entries, publishing software such as InDesign or word processing programs like Microsoft […]
Book Indexes: Too Much or to Little?
In a recent post we discussed the problem of “passing mentions” related to names in indexes and the strings of “undifferentiated locators” that may result. This problem applies to any topic covered in the index, though, not just names. When you put the two together (passing mentions and lots of page numbers) you have the […]
References
As indexers, we all use our recognized professional references (e.g. The Chicago Manual of Style, Mulvaney, and Best Practices from our professional organization, the American Society for Indexing (ASI)). But those are not all that we should have to hand. As much as I love Google, it is not a reliable reference, but it can […]
Working with COVID-19
Lock-down! The news that we were under a stay-at-home order really didn’t make much difference to me—at the beginning. Working now is much like the usual working at-home day. I mean, I’ve worked at home for many years as a freelance indexer. We at Potomac Indexing are used to having virtual meetings, so I didn’t […]
An Index Manager Add-On
Some software can be wonderful, some not so much. I’m a huge fan of Index Manager (IM) to do embedded indexing. I’ve been using the index-import add-on to IM recently. To say that I’m impressed and pleased is really an understatement since I tend to be cynical about how well much software works. The problem […]
