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WHAT DOES PC─INDEX DO ?
PC─INDEX is designed to produce the type of an index that you
would find in the back of a book or reference manual. There are
many options available and two types of indexes that can be
created with PC─INDEX.
Both index types are described here along with a section of that
index type as an example.
1) Single Word Index: An index can be created listing every
occurrence of every single word in a document. Optionally, you
can include only the words you specify, or you can eliminate all
occurrences of the 1000 most common words in the English
language. You can even tell PC─INDEX to only index capitalized
words (like names).
Single Word Index Example:
── A ── bottom 9─10, 13
abbreviation 8 box 10, 14
abort 22 boxes 15
absence 8 brackets 8, 18
acceptance 2 BRADLEY 1─2
accordingly 20 breaks 5
accurate 5 brief 11
accurately 5 broken 12
active 8, 15, 18 Brown 4
actual 9, 13 Build 2, 9,
11─12 adapter 20 builds 14
added 4 built 14
addition 4 bw 20
additional 7
address 7
adhering 2 ── C ──
adjust 7, 20 calculated 9,
13 advanced 7 call 9
advertising 7 called 9, 13
afford 2 case 7─8, 18─19
AGREEMENT 1─2 cases 15
agrees 2, 7 catch 4
alone 7 cd 5
alpha 7, 15─16, 18─19 CH 16
alphabet 7, 10, 14 chance 6, 18
alphabetical 14, 17─18 chapter 12
alphanumeric 7, 18─19 chapters 12
2) Phrase Index: An index can be generated listing all phrases
that you specify. A new feature added to PC─INDEX 4.0 is the
ability to find personal names in a document and save them in a
file for you.
Another new feature is the ability to list entries with up to two
levels, like a name listed last name, first name (i.e. Jennifer
WILLIAMS listed WILLIAMS, Jennifer) or a category with a sub─
category (i.e. Winter activities, skiing). Look under the "W"
entries in the sample phrase index below for some examples.
Phrase Index Example:
── A ── ── I ──
automatically 21 index 1─22
── B ── ── O ──
Black and White monitor 20 on line help 4
Bradley 1─2 Option Menu 2, 11
build index 2, 9, 11─12 options 3, 6─8, 11, 15─20
── C ── ── Q ──
copyright 1─2, 11, 15, 19─20 Quick Start Example 2
Court 1─2
created 3, 5─6, 8─9, 12─14
── S ──
spinoff list 11, 14, 17─18
── D ── system requirements 23
Document Format Menu 2
── W ──
── E ── WALTERS,
Edit Extracted word file 2, Clifford 4, 7─9
8─9, 12, 14, 18 George 5, 18
Edit Menu 2, 7, 14─15, 18 Susan 8, 34, 36
Error Messages 2, 20 WILLIAMS, Jennifer 8
extract words 2, 6─7 winter activities,
building a snowman 2
ice skating 4─13, 15
── F ── skiing 39, 52
File Menu 3, 6, 9, 11─12,
17, 21
PC─INDEX can also create a list of all unique words and generate
a word frequency report.
PC─INDEX can index any size file. It can even handle multiple
files at once. Related files such as chapters of a book,
depositions, or trial transcripts can be indexed as a group.
PC─INDEX differs significantly from the index feature in most
word processors. Instead of having to mark each word or phrase
(as you do with most word processors), PC─INDEX simply searches
your document(s) for the words or phrases that choose to include.
PC─INDEX supports a number of popular word processors. Currently
WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Wordstar, Wordstar 2000, and
Multimate documents are supported in addition to ASCII files.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
The minimum requirements for PC─INDEX are 640K of RAM, one floppy
disk drive, one hard disk drive, and DOS 2.1 or higher.