Cost Est. Form

WPR PUBLISHING

Project Cost Estimate Form — WPR Indexing Service

Publishing houses often have their own index style sheets they prefer using. In lieu of a pre-existing style sheet the following decisions will need to be made concerning the composition of the index. Embedded indexes are restricted to the style guidelines available for a particular program (Adobe InDesign CS, Adobe PageMaker 6.5 or Microsoft Word.).

Project information:

Title:______________________________

Name:_{___________________________________

Phone:___________________________________

Email: ___________________________________}

_{Company:
________________________________}

_{Index type: Back of
book / InDesign CS / PageMaker / Word}

_{Notes:
______________________________________________}

_{____________________________________________________}

Date: _______________________

Date sample pages sent for review: __________________

Date to provide cost estimate: ______________________

Quote: $____________

Date index due: _________________________________

Date Payment due: ______________________________

Notes: ________________________________________

Format type:

_____ indented style:

Example – Indented style

text
     changing colors, 22
     changing individual lines, 21
     changing paragraphs, 23
     changing typeface (fonts), 21
     globally recompose, 38

Format type:

_____ run-in style:

Example – Run-in style

text: changing colors, 22; changing individual lines,
21; changing paragraphs, 23; changing typeface
(fonts), 21; globally recompose, 38

Alphanumeric arrangement:

_____ letter-by letter [CMS}

_____ letter-by letter [ISO}

Example – letter-by-letter

gas
gas burners
gas engines
gas heating
gas pipes

gas supply
gas turbines
gas welding
gaskets
gasoline

Gaspé peninsula
gastrectomy
gastric juice
gastritis
gasworks

Alphanumeric arrangement:

_____ word-by-word [CMS]

_____ word-by-word [ISO]

Example – word-by-word

gas
gas burners
gas engines
gas heating
gaskets

gasoline
Gaspé peninsula
gas pipes
gas supply
gastrectomy

gastric juice
gastritis
gas turbines
gas welding
gasworks

Main heading format:

_____ Capitalize first letter of first word in main heading.

_____ Capitalize first letter of all primary words in main heading.

_____ Capitalize all letters of all words in main heading.

_____ Capitalize only proper nouns and names in main heading.

Output formats available:

____RTF
____RTF (no Headers)
____RTF (Spaces)
____RTF (Tabs)
____Chicago
____ANSI/NISO
____Text (ASCII)
____HTML
____Quark Xpress
____Microsoft Word

Cross-reference formatting options: (Main Headings & Subheadings)
See: ______ see reference ______ See reference ______ . see reference ______ . See reference ______ [see reference] ______ [. See reference]	See also: ______ see also reference ______ See also reference ______ . see also reference ______ . See also reference ______ [see also reference] ______ [. See also reference]
Cross-reference text formatting options. _____ Italics _____ Underline _____ Bold _____ None	Cross-reference placement options. _____ First _____ Last _____ Top _____ Bottom
	Selecting TOP will mean that cross-references entered as subentries will appear at the top of the subheading list. Selecting BOTTOM will mean those entered as subentries will appear at the bottom of the subheading list.

Page range format: treatment of sequential locators (page numbers)

______ NO abbreviation: inclusive page numbers expressed in full ... 232–239, 1189–1204.

______ Compressed (elided). Please state preference or list reference to be followed.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Levels of subheadings allowed:

____ One

____ Two

____ Three

Additional material to be indexed:

____ Endnotes
____ Footnotes
____ Illustrations
____ Tables
____ Charts
____ Display material
____ Other ___________________

Size limitations:

____ Page dimensions
____ Pages available for index
____ Lines per page/index
____ None
____ Other ____________________

Delivery methods for incoming project:

_____ Hard copy via delivery service.
_____ Electronic copy plus hard copy via delivery service.
_____ Electronic copy only – I print hard copy – .06/page

Acceptable incoming electronic file formats:

Adobe InDesign .indd
Adobe PageMaker: .t65; .p65
HTMl: .html
Microsoft Word: .doc
PDF:    .pdf
RTF:    .rtf
SKY:    .skx

Delivery methods for completed index:

____ Email/FTP delivery – no charge.
____ Floppy disk or CD – actual cost.
____ Hard copy shipped via your choice carrier: actual cost.

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