The first cut isn't always the deepest.(From A to Zafran) From: Key Words | Date: January 1, 2008| Author: Zafran, Enid | COPYRIGHT 2008 American Society of Indexers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

On occasion a customer will set a length for an index, and when I am done indexing, I find that I need to adjust the index to fit the space. Sometimes a customer will return an index asking me if I can remove entries to make it shorter. Sometimes I wonder if editors cut entries from my indexes on their own to get to a length they want and do not even involve me. In any of these scenarios, no matter who does the cutting, the best approach means having a strategy.

When I s...