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When do you need the text?
The index cannot be compiled before the text is complete (including location of
illustrations, tables, figures and diagrams).
illustrations, tables, figures and diagrams).
The text needs to be in page proof format (ie typeset into the layout that will be published)
so that the page numbers recorded during the indexing process will be the actual pages
where the indexed text will be found in the final publication.
so that the page numbers recorded during the indexing process will be the actual pages
where the indexed text will be found in the final publication.
I therefore need to have the proofs towards the end of the production process but
allowing me time to produce an appropriate index.
allowing me time to produce an appropriate index.
For an average book this will be around 2 weeks before the index needs to be typeset.