See the previous instructions on how to go about this assignment.

To get some practice using FrameMaker to create index entries and then generate an index, do the following:

1. Use these partially formatted files to create a small book:
• headings.mif
• lists.mif
• notices.mif
Note: Save these files as regular FrameMaker files. Click File > Save As and then manually change the .mif to .fm. Change the chapter titles to Heading1 and the first-level headings to Heading2 (if you are interested in experimenting, tag the indented third-level headings as Heading3).


2. To build the book:
   1. With all three files open in FrameMaker, click File > New > Book.
   2. Click yes to the prompt asking whether to add the current file.
   3. With the book file still open, add the other files to the book in any order you wish.
   4. In the book file, right-click on each chapter name, click Numbering, select the Page tab, select Continue Numbering from Previous File in Book, and click Set.

3. For each of these three files, open the file and:
   • Use double-sided pagination, with the page numbers on the outside bottom corners of the page (specifically, at the bottom left corner on even-numbered pages and at the bottom right corner on odd-numbered pages).
   • Force all files to end on an even-numbered page.
   • Use arabic numbers for the body pages.
   • Use consecutive page numbering throughout this book, starting at chapter 1.

4. To add index entries:
5. To generate the index:
   • Use the steps described in the indexing tutorial to generate the index.
   • Go to master pages of the index, and create a two-column format. Just select the frame, right-click, select Object Properties, and set Columns to 2.
   • Add "Index" at the top of the left column and tag it as Heading1 (which will enable it to be included in the TOC).
   • Format the GroupTitlesIX tags (index letter headings) as Arial bold 12pt with 6pts space above. Click Update All on this tag.
   • Indent the Level1IX tags (first-level index entries) 0.25 inches. (If you end up with second-level index entries, indent them 0.50 inches.) Click Update All on this or these tags.
   Note: Notice that the right column of the index starts even with the heading "Index." Instead, the index entries in the right column should start even with those in the left column. To fix this problem, you can press Enter to force the top of the right column down even with the start of the index entries in the left column. Or you can do away with the column approach and design a master page for page 1 of the index with two separate frames, the right one of which will start lower down on the page (or, for the impatient, just drag the top of the right column frame down to the necessary level on the body page).
6. To edit the index:
   • Use the steps described in the indexing tutorial to edit the index.
   • Change the capital N on Notices to lowercase.
   • Change the capital S on Special notices to lowercase.
   • Fix the range problem (??) on format: lists.
   • Add index entries for problems: lists.
   • Change all instances of special notices to notices; add a See reference from special notices to notices.
   • Consolidate the format and formatting entries under format.
   • Change entries for the types of notices that currently say note to notice. For example, change danger notes to danger notices.
   • Change the notes entry to notes (notice type).
7. Zip these documents into a compressed file named with your first name and initial and _indexing1.zip (for example, davidm_indexing1.zip) and send it by e-mail attachment to your instructor.

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