EZIndex Description


Date of release: 4/10/99

In the olden days, when creating an index for a book, you'd read each page of the manuscript. Each time you encountered a term or an idea that you wanted to appear in the index, you'd write it down along with the page number. When this process was finished, you'd painstakingly re-sort your list into alphabetical order. Problem: Life is too short.

Today, many indexes are prepared by software, which generates an index automatically from your word-processing file. Problem: This system creates index entries only when the actual indexed word appears in the text. If there are 5 pages on the history of the Macintosh, but the actual words "Macintosh history" don't appear on each page, no entry is created.

Solution: Use EZIndex! This pair of software tools gives you the efficiency of a software-indexing robot, but the quality and control of a by-hand indexer. If you, like many book authors, are charged for indexing by your publisher, volunteer to do the index yourself. Using EZIndex can save you thousands of dollars on a typical book!

"Some publishers have charged me thousands of dollars to create indexes for my books," says David Pogue, author of such bestsellers as "The iMac for Dummies." "And their indexes aren't always very good. With EZIndex, I can create my own absolutely terrific indexes myself in an incredibly short time."

EZIndex is two software tools, corresponding to the two steps of creating a high-quality index:

Step 1: EZIndex. This control panel lets you generate a list of terms as you read your electronic manuscript. The touch of a hotkey grabs pieces of text for indexing. As you go, you can define entries or sub-entries for terms that don't necessarily appear in the text, too. EZIindex then saves this information, with page numbers, to a file.

If you're working from printed pages, you may prefer to use EZIndex Databaser, which lets you create index entries with as little typing as possible.

Step 2: EZIndex Maker. Just drag the resulting EZIndex file onto this application. In seconds, your fully formatted index - complete with indented sub-entries, collated page numbers ("34-40"), and commas - is ready to publish!

Bug fix in version 1.01

Bug fix in control panel (crashed on certain computers when changing hotkeys) and a change in the manual in the installation section.

System Requirements

Download: EZIndex (312k)

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Don't have FileMaker?

If you do not have FileMaker and wish to use the EZIndex Databaser portion of the program, you'll need to download this: EZIndex Databaser (2.2m)

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