Index Tools Professional 2.1 Copyright (c) 2005 Silicon Prairie Software ------------------------------------------- Welcome to Index Tools Professional. Index Tools Professional is a FrameMaker plug-in that provides the following tools for working with FrameMaker indexes: - Index marker management -- Makes working with Index markers very easy - Merge Index -- Reduces the size of indexes - Add Continueds -- Automatically adds "continued" lines to indexes - Master Indexes -- Makes building "master" indexes easy What's new ---------- The following features have been added and improvements made to Index Tools Professional: -- End-user features -- (*) Conditional index entries (*) Improved "expand" code to support converting existing indexes (*) Additional configuration file settings - IndexEntryLocation - MaximumMarkerLength - SingleEntryMarkers (*) Right-click support when adding index entries (*) Consistency improvements - Index entries now always display in blue text - New index entries are always left-justified - New index entries no longer pick up formatting from surrounding text - Pasted text and variables now are automatically formatted properly in index entries - Show/Hide index entries now automatically refreshes - Insertion point no longer moves when inserting Index markers (*) Documentation improvements - Complete documentation for producing master indexes - Troubleshooting section added to documentation - Information about using Index Tools Pro with single-source documentation added - Information about translating documents that have index entries made with Index Tools Pro added -- Internal features -- (*) Improved internal string handling (*) Better memory management (*) More robust "see" and "see also" support (*) Improved error checking to reduce the possibility of losing index work (*) Support for index entries in hidden table cells Contents -------- This package contains the following items: FrameMaker 6.x components: indextools - The Index Tools Professional plug-in used by FrameMaker 6.x SPConfig.fm - An optional configuration file used to configure Index Tools Pro FrameMaker 7.x components: indextools - The Index Tools Professional plug-in used by FrameMaker 7.x SPConfig.fm - An optional configuration file used to configure Index Tools Pro Documentation ------------- Documentation for Index Tools Professional is available in PDF form from the Silicon Prairie Software web site. (http://www.SiliconPrairieSoftware.com) Installation ------------ Perform the following steps to install Index Tools Professional for Sun Solaris: 1. Decide where you want the plug-in to be located and copy it there. Remember this location. 2. Add an entry describing your client to the $FMHOME/fminit/UILanguage/APIArea/apiclients file, where UILanguage is a user-interface language directory. For example, if youŐre using the US English version of a FrameMaker product, you edit the file $FMHOME/fminit/usenglish/APIArea/apiclients. The entry should look like the following: > Replace the xxxxxx with the complete path to the indextools executable. This is the location you decided in step 1. 3. Restart FrameMaker. IXStyle.fm document ------------------- If you are using the Sun Solaris version of Index Tools, save the IXStyle.fm file in the ŇfminitÓ directory where you have FrameMaker installed. You could also save the IXStyle.fm file in each userŐs home directory. SPConfig.fm document -------------------- If you are using the SPConfig.fm document on Solaris, place the SPConfig.fm file in the ŇfminitÓ directory where you have FrameMaker installed. You could also place the SPConfig.fm file in each userŐs home directory, so each user had his or her own configuration file. Shareware notice ---------------- Index Tools Professional is shareware. If you find Index Tools Professional useful, please pay the shareware fee. The $30 cost is minimal, given the amount of time that Index Tools Professional can save! Paying the shareware fee also encourages development of other tools like Index Tools Professional. Kagi, a shareware payment service, handles payment processing for Index Tools. Ordinarily, a registration application is used to create an electronic or paper document that can be sent to them indicating the form of payment. Unfortunately, this application is available only for Windows and the Macintosh. It is _not_ available for Solaris. To register Index Tools, we recommend that you download either the Macintosh or Windows version of Index Tools, then use the Register application that comes in either package. If you are unable to use either register using the Macintosh or Windows versions of Register, you may want to register online through the Silicon Prairie web site: http://www.SiliconPrairieSoftware.com If none of these payment methods is possible, please e-mail Silicon Prairie Software so payment can be arranged. Our e-mail address is SPSoftware@kagi.com. Comments and suggestions ------------------------ If you have any comments or suggestions for Index Tools Professional, please e-mail them to SPSoftware@kagi.com.