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Ascending Path's mission is to craft and deliver well-structured indexes on time and within budget, from the users' viewpoint, and the author's and publisher's intents and expectations. The form below will assist clients in making style decisions:

Title:
Editor (name):
(phone #):
(e-mail):
Author (name):
(phone #):
(e-mail):

Indexer will receive proofs
	via courier
	as a PDF via e-mail
	as one complete set; Date of delivery
	in batches:
	Date of delivery of initial portion:
	Date of delivery of last portion:
	Date of delivery for the index:

Table of contents provided?
	Yes	No
Bibliography provided?
	Yes	No
Reference / Endnotes provided?
	Yes	No

NUMBER OF INDEXES
	Single index
	Multiple indexes
	Author-title
	Authors cited
	Other:

STYLE GUIDE
	Chicago Manual of Style
	House Style
	Other:

FORMAT
	Indented (number of levels allowed)
	Run-in (only 2 levels)

ARRANGEMENT OF ENTRIES
	Main heading alphabetizing
		Word-by-word
		Letter-by-letter
	Subheading arrangement
		Alphabetic
		Chronologic
		Page number order

ARRANGEMENT OF NUMBERS IN ENTRIES
	Numeric order
	As spelled out
	By size

ARRANGEMENT OF SYMBOLS IN ENTRIES
	ASCII/Unicode order
	As spelled out
	Another order :


Main heading cross-references
	term. See xyz	term. see xyz	term (see xyz)
	See also xyz	see also xyz	(see also xyz)
See also placement
	At the top of the entry run off from the main heading
	At the bottom of the entry as the last subheading
	Indented as the first subheading
Punctuation before See also run-in format
Subheading cross-references
	term. See xyz	term. see xyz	term (see xyz)
	See also xyz	see also xyz	(see also xyz)
See also placement
	Run off from the subheading
	Other:

PUNCTUATION
	Indented index
		None
		Colon after main heading/subheading without locators
	Run-in index
		Punctuation after main headings without locators:
		Punctuation after main headings with locators:
		Punctuation between multiple subheadings:
	Between entry and locators
		Comma followed by a space
		Two spaces
	Between multiple locators
		Comma followed by a space
		Semicolon followed by a space for a change in volume number
	Between cross-references
		Semicolon followed by a space
		Other:

MAIN HEADING CAPITALIZATION
	Proper names and nouns only
	First letter only
	Entire heading

REFERENCE LOCATORS
	Citation Unit
		Page numbers, consecutive
		Page number, modular
		Paragraph/section numbers
		Other unit:

	Format for continuous discussion of a topic
	Consecutive numbers
		Numbers in full with en dash (125-129)
		Numbers compressed; what style?
	Modular number concatinator
		10-5 to 10-9
		Other:
	Format for noncontinuous discussion on consecutive pages
		Follow style above for continuous discussion (12-14)
		Separate page numbers with commas (12, 13, 14)
		Use passim (12-14 passim)
		Other format required:


Is there a length limit?
	No Yes
	If yes, number of index lines allowed:
		number of characters per line:


File format
	ASCII test file with generic codes
	RTF file
	Other:
Delivery method
	E-mail attachment
	On disk with printout
Provide a list of entries in page number order
	No	Yes


	Book
	Textbook
	Journal
		Ongoing
		One time only
	Newsletter
		Ongoing
		One time only
	Collection
		Ongoing
		One time only
	Web site
		Ongoing
		One time only
	Other:
Anticipated readership
	Children; age:
	Student; level:
	General public
	Professional

PAYMENT FOR INDEX
		Hourly rate:
		Per page rate:
		Per entry rate:
		Project rate:
	Estimated total cost:
	Payment schedule:
		50% advance; 50% Net 30
		100% advance Net 15
		Other:


Endnotes / Footnotes:
	Indexable?	No	Yes
	Locator format:
Display material:
	Indexable?	No	Yes
	Locator format:
Acronyms / Abbreviations:
	Special posting rules?
	At acronym	At spellout		Other:
Articles at beginning of titles:
	Invert	Drop		No inversion
Initial function word in subheadings:
	Alphabetize	Ignore, do not alphabetize
Number of indexable pages:
Due date for index:

Ascending Path Indexing:
Alan Armstrong, owner/indexer; 1523 Rosewalk Lane, Roanoke, VA 24014; 540-427-4843 | ©2007 Ascending Path

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