PageAdjuster™
PageAdjuster is a utility for performing batch page adjustments on an index.
Indexers often create locators utilizing dummy chapter/page numbers when the
pagination for a book has not yet been finalized. These numbers normally take
the form of a chapter number 'dot' page number: 1.1, ..., 5.1, 5.2, ..., 6.1,
... with each chapter beginning with page number one. When final pagination is
known, the indexer needs to substitute the actual page numbers running through
the book for the dummy chapter/page numbers. This can be accomplished utilizing
CINDEX's Alter References tool and is easy enough to do for books with a few
chapters. However, for some types of books, for example, large medical
publications, there can be hundreds of chapters. This task then becomes time
consuming and error prone.
PageAdjuster makes it easier by reading the list of chapters and their final beginning and ending page numbers.
This chapter list would look like this:
1 ... 3-12
2 ... 14-23
3 ... 24-35
etc.
So it is easy to enter and proof the list and print it out for a reference.
This list is then applied against the index file(s) to make all the necessary page number adjustments in one batch. Validations are performed on the chapter list information, on the format of the dummy numbers, and on the resultant page numbers ensuring that there are not bad page numbers created. Any errors are logged to be resolved and the program can be re-run to obtain a clean adjustment process.
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