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Q&A Indexing: after or during the writing process

I use Latex for writing articles/papers/longer documents. Most of these documents are scientific in nature, and therefore it is often useful to add an index of the most important terms at the end o...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Klangen‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:09:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Klangen‭ · 2019-12-08T07:09:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
I use Latex for writing articles/papers/longer documents. Most of these documents are scientific in nature, and therefore it is often useful to add an index of the most important terms at the end of the document.

However, I find it difficult to focus on writing when I constantly have to be aware of the terms I must index, using the Latex `\index` command. Alternatively, it might be more useful to leave the indexing to _after_ the writing process is complete, but in this case I leave myself with a lot more work re-reading the entire document again.

Which method for indexing is the most efficient, or is there another one I javen't considered yet?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-10-16T12:44:34Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: 4