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Published Indexing without Context: Some Thoughts about the New World of DITA and Content Management Systems. This article looks at how an index functions in a changing environment.
Read books about indexing and learn what makes an effective index. Also learn about book indexing tools.
Book indexing services
 Fred
Brown, of Allegro Technical Indexing,
provides professional indexing services
that will enhance the value of your
books and technical documents while working within your schedule and
budget.
"Allegro"
is a musical term, meaning
quick, lively. If time, money and usability are
important to
you, then get
your book index written in allegro
time.
Allegro
Technical Indexing provides standard
text indexes for books using Macrex dedicated indexing software. Embedded indexing services are
provided for InDesign, FrameMaker, Microsoft Word, DocBook XML and LaTeX.
Read Why
an Index? . You'll learn that
a good book index will find 80% of the information, 80% of the time.
Test
your index to see if it meets your
customers'
needs.
Allegro
will help you meet your goals.
How? Read on and you'll be impressed by the net results...
Meet your deadlines
Your
index will be ready
sooner than you might imagine.
You can
send chapters in any order as
soon as they are ready for indexing. Typically, an index for a 400-page
book will be ready within seven to ten business days.
Net
result: Allegro indexing services keeps your publishing schedule on track.
Increase sales
Whether
you are publishing
books or creating customer documentation, the index gives your customer
a clear view of what you have to offer. Book buyers are known
to check
the index before making the decision to purchase. Computer users can
find
new features and solve problems with the aid of the index—and
happy customers
tell their colleagues and bring repeat business.
Net
result: Allegro
indexing services will increase sales now and encourage repeat business in the
future.
Enhance usability
Your
book or customer documentation
represents weeks or months of effort. An index should enhance
the usability
of your product. Yet, how often have your staff complained about
customers
calling with questions that are already answered in your finely crafted
documentation?
Maybe
your customers simply couldn't
find the answers? With years of experience in technical
communications,
Fred Brown knows how to protect your investment and create
an
effective tool to finding those answers.
Your
finely crafted work deserves
a finely crafted index.
Net
result: Allegro indexing services will increase customer satisfaction and lower your
customer support costs.
Allegro
indexing tips
Time
and money saving tips from Allegro.
When
Fred Brown creates
your index, he also consults with you on ways to save money while
maximizing
the usability of your publication. Here are a few tips that can help
you:
Embedding
index markers
Embedding
index markers
works nicely if you intend to make small revisions to your publication
or if you intend to publish in multiple formats.
However, if you plan to change more than 30% of the your book or
technical document on the
next release, it can make more economic sense to publish the index in
ASCII
text format and to re-index fully on the next release.
Providing
synonyms
Synonyms
to key terminology
in your publication
provide your customers
with alternate points of access for finding their answers. Research has
shown that having an adequate number of synonyms in the index can be
the
single biggest factor to improving the usability of the index.
Listening
to your customers
Find
out how customers
are doing with your publication,
particularly
how well they are able to find things. What are the most common
problems
your customers are having with your document
Where are your customers finding their answers?
Fred Brown will discuss
with you the ways in which these and other indexing tips can improve
your
book or technical publication while
working within your schedule
and budget.
Contact
Fred now
for a free estimate.
Professional experience
Fred
Brown has over twelve years experience
providing technical
writing and indexing services. He has given workshops and
presentations to the
American Society of Indexers (ASI), the Indexing Society of Canada
(ISC), the Society for Technical Communication
(STC) and SIGDOC.
With
extensive technical and business
writing experience, Fred understands the high pressure environment you
work in and the
requirement to meet high standards
in tight time frames. Fred has assisted
publishing houses,
high-technology firms, government departments, educational institutions
and
community organizations to create effective publications.
For more
details of Fred's experience, click
here.
To view
samples of Fred's indexing work, click
here.
Commitment
Allegro
Technical Indexing
delivers professional indexing services on time. Allegro follows indexing standards
defined by the American Society of Indexers and ISO 999: Information
and documentation —
Guidelines for the content, organization and presentation of indexes.
To ensure
success, Allegro Technical
Indexing needs the client to
- provide
any
specific indexing requirements
- provide
prompt
notification of any scheduling
changes
- send document
files on time
- respond
promptly with any index revisions,
issues or concerns
- provide
a copy
of the final, camera-ready
index for review, where feasible
It is recommended
that index changes, beyond
any proof-reading corrections, be reviewed by Allegro Technical
Indexing.
Indexes are complex, and it is all too easy to inadvertently damage an
index.
Once
payment for the index is received,
the copyright is assigned to the client.
Free estimate
Discuss
your needs for professional book indexing services. For a free, no
obligations estimate, contact Fred
Brown at
(613)
728-9373,
or
fred.brown@allegrotechindexing.com
All
estimates are done
on a fixed-price basis, based on the final number of indexable pages.
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