Separate hyphenated words If you want to index hyphenated words individually by separating them and discarding the hyphen, click a checkmark in this checkbox.
Index one-letter words If this is checked, indexing will include 1-letter words, that is, any letter that stands by itself within word boundaries. In text files, 1-letter words such as “I” and “a” are usually omitted as “junk” or “noise” words. Generally, there are not many 1-letter words in a text file. In binary files, however, there may be very many occurrences of single letters within word boundaries. Usually these single letters are of no value in the index. DEFAULT: Not checked.
Omit numbers Check this to omit numbers from the indexing. When binary files are indexed, many useless numbers may be included. If you are looking for only the words in binary files, not numbers, check this. In text files—the usual targets of indexing—numbers usually have meaning.
Skip Words During indexing, there are many words that may be skipped because indexing them has little meaning, and they may greatly swell the size of the index if they are included. Examples are “I,” “am,” “there,” “or,” “here.” To see the complete list of words skipped during indexing, click on the “Skip Words” button. The Editor will open the file “skipword.txt” that exists in the folder where you installed Book Writer™. (It must remain in that folder.) When making an index, Book Writer™ ignores occurrences of any word included in the skip-words file. You may add or remove words from the skip-words file. Add only one word to a line—that is the only rule to keep the file “skipword.txt” working properly for the indexing. Save the file when you are done editing it. The next time you Make an Index of Words, the new “skipword.txt” file will be used, and all the words it contains will be ignored during indexing.
Home | Book Writer