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Page format for book indexes


Page References in Book Indexing

The format of page numbers can affect readability and the length of an index.

In situations where space for the index is at a premium, using conflated page
references will allow more index to be squeezed onto a page.

 
  • Full page references are not compressed and easiest to read

  •    dogs
          breed clubs, 242-248
          breeding of, 180-195
          nutrition, 26-29
          obedience, 275-284

  • Conflated page references have an elision or compression of the page numbers

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    When page numbers are conflated, repeated numbers are dropped:

       dogs
          breed clubs, 242-48
          breeding of, 180-95
          nutrition, 26-29
          obedience, 275-284




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