I’ve not been to Portland ME for ages, but I’m looking forward to another visit–and to the conference! Being an inveterate “foodie” I’m ready to start exploring restaurants online in anticipation of some fine seafood. ASI Announces 2017 Conference Location ASI Annual Conference Portland, Maine June 15-17, 2017 The 2017 ASI Conference will be June 15-17,…
Author: sa.fifer
Lover of good, wholesome food and wine. Cooks for one and the cat. Likes to paint-- a frustrated botanical illustrator and amateur (photographer) and fledgling birdwatcher, beekeeper, and Kindle addict. Works as a freelance indexer.
Indexing blogs….
I’m a subscriber to the Potomac Indexing blog–a great source of “continuing education” and thought-provoking articles. Since usability concerns us all this article on cross references seems particularly pertinent; I’m looking forward to the next in the series.
Computer use safety
We all spend hours working at our computers–and at times end our workday aching and stiff, especially as deadlines loom menacingly. The thought of job-related injury is not something that we think of often–after all, we’re not using dangerous equipment; we are only sitting, reading, and writing–but it’s not something we should ignore. Often work…
Client relations
One of the blogs to which I subscribe is from Potomac Indexing. The post from 15 November 2016 is particularly pertinent for indexers just starting out (but for all of us as well)–I’d really recommend a subscription to this blog. The post on Setting Boundaries with Clients addresses an issue that all of us need to consider–and which…
From a book designer….
I’m sure that many of us do get referrals from book designers and/or cover designers–I certainly do. Those referrals give me a fantastic variety of work that I enjoy immensely although I’ve seldom had occasion to discuss the index with either of them. I was so glad to see this post on “The end matters–on…
Consider the index….
A good article from Carol Roberts on indexes for your nonfiction book. Sticker Shock: What to Do When You Can’t Afford an Indexer.
Absolute discombobulation!
I just finished the indexing project in InDesign last night–(huge sigh of relief here and immediate crash with some mindless reading and sleep). This project resulted in absolute, utter, raging discombobulation around here. Not because of the material, not because of the people with whom I was working, but because of software and file problems….
Adobe CC 2014 issues, too!
I’d posted just a few days ago that I had issues with CC-2015. After Adobe tech support “regressed” me to 2014 which did export .indd files from unindexed documents to .idml, I went back to work. Unfortunately when I sent the index file for the microbiology chapter, the compositor was unable to open it–even though…
Adobe CC 2015 file issue with index
I’ve just spent hours on the phone with Adobe tech support! As tech support sessions go it was good–the support person did not make me redo all the things I’d done before to try to find out why documents indexed in CC 2015 will not export or save as .idml files for backward compatibility with…
Term selection article
From Potomac Indexing, a good article on term selection–a major indexing activity!
Graffito Indexing 