indexing simplified (and traditional) chinese documents

["Erica Chapin" <erica.chapin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all -

This is a localization question-

I am writing a user guide and quick start guide in
both simplified and traditional chinese. The way
indexing is done in chinese is by the number of
strokes in a character, not by topic (or letter).
I will go through the english index then find the
character (s) that correspond to the english
entries and mark them with index markers. I am
using the english source files to cut and paste
the chinese translations over so that the
formatting will be consistent between languages
(and so that I have some idea of where i am in the
document...).

Will FM know how to generate this index? Will I
need to make a new master and reference page to
accomodate the chinese index? I think the answer
must be yes, if anyone has done this and can offer
any suggestions or help or point me to a place to
find info that would be great!

I am working on a chinese windows 98 machine with
FM6 and Acrobat 4.05 with the Asian font pack
included.

Thanks,

Erica

Erica Chapin
Technical Communication

Starfish Software
International Development
1700 Green Hills Road
Scotts Valley, California 95066

email   erica.chapin@starfish.com
voice   (831)461.5517
fax      (831)461.5900

http://www.starfish.com



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