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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.
