Indexing recommendations

[Peter Gold]

Hi, Kevin:

You might want to look at the freeware MarkerWorker FrameMaker plug-in 
from cudspan:

Documentation:

http://www.telecable.es/personales/cud/Files/cudSpan/CudSpanDocs.pdf#search=%22markerworker%20cudspan%22

Download from:

http://www.telecable.es/personales/cud/cssIndex.htm

HTH
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Peter Gold
KnowHow ProServices
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm at the indexing stage of a 400 page book for a product I hadn't 
> worked with for about 3 years (so no memory of what I indexed before). 
> The manual has also been totally restructured, and many features 
> superseded by different ones. Now I'm looking at building the index, 
> and the 'old', manual way is probably not going to work for me too well.
>
> The minimum I'd like is to see index entries inline. Anything extra is 
> gravy, but I'm not convinced I do need much extra, so if I can see and 
> work with entries inline (a View option?) for cheap/free, I'd start 
> there. But if I have to pay for this feature, can you all recommend a 
> product that has the best combination of other, extra features for the 
> price?
>
> I've so far found:
>
> http://www.fsatools.com/ - IXgen (comparatively more costly, lots of 
> features, but would I use them all?)
> http://www.leximation.com/tools/info/markertools.php - Leximation 
> marker tools, less costly, but I have more trouble seeing the 
> usefulness of some of the features
> http://www.siliconprairiesoftware.com/Products.html  -Silicon Prairie 
> index tools, cheapest, but doesn't seem to link directly into the 
> frame marker system, does some other kind of marker?
>
> Anyway, I realize this is a regular question, so I do appreciate any 
> time taken to send suggestions. Succinct, bulleted lists would be 
> sufficient.