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******************** HELP FOR "TERMS TO INDEX" MENU ***********************
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QUICK START: See the end of the HELP screen in the "Generate Index" Menu.
OVERVIEW: The "Terms to Index" menu includes options which enable you
to tell INDEX! which words or phrases you want it to search for
and how these words and phrases are to appear in the final index.
To take a simple example, you might wish to search for the
phrase "George Washington" and have it appear in your index as
"Washington, George". The specific options follow:
LOAD CODES: With this menu option, you tell INDEX! which database file
of indexable terms to use in generating the index for a
particular project. The database file will have the
extension .IND.
CREATE/EDIT: This option allows you to build a database of indexable terms
from scratch (CREATE); alternatively, you can add to or edit
an existing database of indexable terms (EDIT). In either
case, you assign your database a file name, and it is this
file name which you use in the LOAD CODES option before
asking INDEX! to index your chapter files. The filename must
have the extension .IND, which INDEX! supplies if you do
not include an extension when you name the file.
Note that in addition to the main database (extension .IND),
INDEX! creates subsidiary files which enable rapid searching
of the database. The three subsidiary files have the database
filename plus the extensions .IXN, .IXM, and .IXP. If you
delete a database from the DOS prompt, you should also delete
these files.
COMMANDS for using the index database appear at the bottom of
of the screen, as follows:
F2 ADD: Add a record to the database. Use F2 after filling
in the fields of a new blank record.
F3 CHANGE: Change a record in the database. Use F3 after
editing the fields of a record already in the
database.
F4 DELETE: Delete a record from the database. Use F4 to
remove a record that you no longer want in your
index.
F5: NEW: Bring up a new record with blank fields. Use F5
when you are looking at an old record and you wish
to bring up a blank screen to enter a new record.
When the new record is completed, add it with F2.
F6: SEARCH: Search for a record in the database. Use F6 to
search by record number, search-phrase, or
main entry.
PgUp: Go to previous record.
PgDn: Go to next record.
ESC: Quit.
FIELDS for each database record are used as follows:
SRCH: Enter the word or phrase you want INDEX! to search
for to add an item to your index. Up to 30 characters.
Searches are case sensitive.
MAIN: For the indexable item entered in SRCH, enter here
the main entry as you want it to appear in the final
index.
If you wish to use Ventura's SortKey feature, you
enter sort keys at the ends of these fields, within
square brackets. Thus if you want "20th Century Fox"
to be alphabetized with the T's rather than before the
A's, enter "20th Century Fox[Twentieth Century Fox]".
The SortKey feature can be used with either the MAIN
or SUBR fields.
SUBR: This field name stands for SUB-entry/Reference. Enter
either the sub-entry as you want it to appear in the
final index (for Ventura's "I" type entries); or the
"See" or "See also" cross reference as you want it to
appear (for Ventura's "S" and "A" type entries). This
field should be left blank if there is no sub-entry
or cross reference.
Note that the combined lengths of MAIN and SUBR cannot
exceed 71 characters and that the fields automatically
adjust their lengths with reference to each other so
you can always see how much room you have.
TYPE: Use the TAB key to select one of three choices for
this field: "I" for regular index entries that will
be followed by page numbers; "S" for "See" type
entries (as in "robins. See birds."); "A" for "See
also" type entries, as in this example:
robins 15, 27, 92
See also birds.
The most common type is "I", which is the default.
IMPORT FILE: If you make up your file of indexable terms in text form
using an ASCII text editor, you can import the text file
with this option. INDEX! creates a database from your text
file which you then use for other INDEX! operations. In
addition, INDEX! automatically creates certain ancillary
files which enable you to quickly search or edit the
resulting database. Note that ASCII files to be imported
must follow a specific form, as described in the INDEX!
manual. The ASCII file can have any name; the resulting
index database will be given the extension .IND. When an
index database is created using IMPORT, the subsidiary
files to facilitate searching the database are also created.
SAMPLE INDEX: Once you've created a database of indexable terms with
either CREATE/EDIT or IMPORT FILE, you can use this option
to produce a simulated index to see what sort of final index
your codes will generate in Ventura. This sample index
shows all your main entries, sub-entries and cross-
references exactly as they will appear in final form,
followed by "page numbers" which are actually the numbers
of the entries in the database which generated each line
in the index. When these numbers appear on a line where
real page numbers would not appear in the final index,
they are preceded by a left bracket--[. By reviewing the
sample index, you can quickly see if your codes are
entered correctly, and if any entry is incorrect, you can
tell from the numbers which entries to lookup and change in
CREATE/EDIT. A sample index has the same filename as the
index database on which it is based, plus the extension .SAI.
Note that the creation of a sample index results in the
sorting of the index database into the proper final index
order, and a rebuilding of the subsidiary files which
enable quick searching of the database.
EXPORT FILE: The easiest way to store files of indexable terms for
future use is to export them to ASCII text file form
using this option. Such files take less space, and don't
require any of the internally-generated subsidiary files
which INDEX! uses to enable you to quickly search your
database. (When you import the ASCII text file later,
these subsidiary files are regenerated automatically.)
REPAIR INDEX: If one of INDEX!'s internally-generated subsidiary files
is accidentally lost or damaged, this function will rebuild
all subsidiary files from the main INDEX! database. If you
are unable to access a database in CREATE/EDIT or any other
menu choice, but instead receive an unusual error message
which crashes your system, one of your files is damaged.
Run this option to correct the problem. If this enables you
to use your database again, you should take the additional
precaution of rebuilding your Sample Index with the SAMPLE
INDEX option (or else first EXPORT and then IMPORT your
database). Both of these procedures do additional error
checking, and either should correct any remaining errors
in your file.
HELP: This option provides the on-screen information which you are now
reading.
MORE HELP: If you would like to have more help online relating to the
TERMS TO INDEX menu, you can edit the file "INTERMEN.HLP" in
any ASCII text editor, adding to or reshaping the material as
you see fit up to a maximum file size of 64K. Use spaces rather
than tabs to indent, limit line lengths to 76 characters, and
end each and every line with a carriage return.