Indexing: A Nuts-and-Bolts Guide for Technical Writers (Engineering Reference) - Softcover

Ament, Kurt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815514816 ISBN 13: 9780815514817

Publisher: William Andrew, 2007

Synopsis

Indexing: A Practical Guide for Technical Writers is a nuts-and-bolts guide to indexing. It explains in plain language and by example exactly how to index any type of print or online publication quickly, easily, and effectively. The sequential indexing method presented in the book has been battle-tested in high pressure publishing organizations in a variety of high-tech industries over the space of a decade. Because it is based on real-world success, this indexing method is bulletproof. Users of this guide will succeed as an indexer.

Unlike other books on the subject, this book is focused on readers, not the subject itself. The book speaks directly to highly practical and often anti-academic technical writers who demand usability, reusability, and reliability. It is geared to people with ""Keep It Simple, Stupid"" signs on their cubicle walls.

Proven end-user documentation techniques are employed to present proven indexing methods to readers who themselves develop end-user documentation for a living. They have zero tolerance for academic white papers on indexing. So, the book delivers the hard facts.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This startup guide explains in plain language and by example how to index print and online documents quickly, easily, and effectively. It is referenced by the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition (page 870).

About the Author:

Kurt Ament is a technical writer, editor and indexer with extensive experience in print and online publishing. Since 1988 he has developed automated indexing systems, corporate style guides, knowledge management systems, master glossaries, master indexes, and user interface guidelines for companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Hughes Aircraft Company, Symantec Corporation, and Xerox Corporation. A graduate with honors of philosophy from the University of California at Berkeley, he completed a five-year sequential program in technical communication at UCLA. He is a senior member of the Society for Technical Communication.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Andrew
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0815514816
• ISBN 13: 9780815514817
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 112