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Author Archives: James Lamb
Tips for MS Word
I think many of us use MS Word and if you use it often then it is worth looking at the keyboard shortcuts available regularly to see which would be of help for the tasks you frequently. The full lists … Continue reading
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Book Review: Top Secrets for Using LinkedIn to Promote Your Business or Yourself
The author, Gini Graham Scott has no connection with LinkedIn but runs workshops and seminars on using Social media to promote oneself and expand one’s business. The approach is that LinkedIn can be an important part of your PR strategy. … Continue reading
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Using book cover-images on your website
As an indexer one way to inject a bit of colour into your website is to include cover images from some of the books you have indexed. There are several ways to do this. The way not to do it … Continue reading
Assessing Risk
As indexers we rely upon our technology for our business and our livelihoods, yet very often we take it for granted. What we should all do from time to time (OK, at least once!) is a risk assessment. Large companies … Continue reading
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Use multiple machines and avoid UPS
Every year, when we have a dry spell followed by heavy rain, the electricity supply to my house trips out and, almost immediately, comes back on, but not before causing my computer to restart. This year this happened 6 times … Continue reading
On using Word2010
Well, finally I have received a book from a client in .docx format and I am compelled to index it in Word2010.
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Kindle and the Index
When Amazon first introduced Kindle, way back in 2007, they said it did not support indexes. In 2011 this has not changed – the Formatting Guide at Kindle Direct Publishing says, under Creating Back Matter: Back matter consists of the … Continue reading
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Future publishing technologies and indexes
A recent discussion on an indexing discussion list got me thinking that what indexers needed was a guide to everything they didn’t know about the future indexing technologies. So here it is.
Posted in e-books, embedded indexing, Kindle, SIdelights (SI newsletter), technology, XML
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Handling Late Payments
At some time we all experience that awful feeling when we realize that the due date on an invoice has passed and we have not received the money. The prospect of having done the work for nothing raises it head, … Continue reading
Time tracking with Grindstone
Knowing how long you spend on each job is critical for an indexer (or at least any indexer who hopes one day to raise their prices). The indexing programs will record how much time you spend actually working with a … Continue reading