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 […]
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 […]
Dead Indexes
I’ll never give up real, paper books (hardcopy) but I love ebooks, too, although I have a serious pet peeve about ebooks: indexes that are “dead.” A book without any index is sad, but a book with an unusable index is no only frustrating but not just plain painful. A lot of time and thought […]
Embedded Indexing: Client Perspective
We at PI are seeing more publishers wanting embedded indexing for ebooks and/or just to get the indexing done earlier in the production cycle (before final page proof). Traditional Embedded Indexing: The Issues Embedded indexing directly in either InDesign or Microsoft Word has some built-in problems that make the task tedious and quite a bit […]
PDF to Word Conversion
I’m a skeptic, and possibly addicted to hard data, i.e. to numbers, when it comes to evaluating advertising claims, etc. I’ve heard that Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is accurate in preserving pagination and format when converting to .docx, but I am instinctively skeptical. Because I want to be able to get PDFs into Index Manager […]
PI Associate Interview: Angela Howard
We’re running a series of interviews to introduce you all to our wonderfully talented group of independent indexers and taxonomists who enable us to say “yes” to the variety of project types and turnaround times our clients are looking for. Today, we’d like you to get to know our talented embedded book indexing specialist, Angela Howard. Your Business […]