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Old 04-18-2012, 07:33 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Jellby View Post
Well-made and well-thought indexes are more than a simple word search. They list topics which may not be obvious from a word search, and bring you to where the interesting fragment starts, not some part in the middle from which you'd have to page back.

What Iteria suggests is actually a good example of what an index should be a word search would be clumsy.
Excellent point.
Indexes also may give you a clue to what the previously unknown keyword might be .
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