Two files open at once? (Sky 8)

[AElfwine Mischler]

I’m going to be starting soon on a humongous project. Four or five separate indexes, cumulative, for 14 to 20 volumes. Three volumes a year.

There will be one subject index, and also three or four name indexes that won’t have subentries. My plan was to put everything in one big master file, and then break out the individual volumes as they’re finished.

I’m planning to do one pass of a few pages to pick up the “mechanical” stuff, and then do a second pass to write the subject index.

Now I’m wondering if it might be better (“safer”) to put the name indexes (which will be long) in one file and the subject index in another. If I do that, is it possible to have two Sky 8 files open at the same time? How? Is it “safe” to have two files open, or they likely to clash with each other?

Has anyone done this?

Ælfwine 

Ælfwine Mischler

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[Siusan Moffat]

I've often wondered myself! Will be keen on the answer :)

Siusan

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[mary...@aol.com]

I don't know about Sky 8 but in Sky 7, it's very easy, just double-click on the program icon on the desktop. The only issue is making sure you are viewing the correct index when you want to enter somethings, but it will be obvious which one is the name index and which the subject index.

Best,

Mar

[Rob Gibson]

I’ve found you can do this by opening Sky twice, the second time from the start menu. I have done it on several occasions when doing index and legal tabling and haven’t yet had a problem. Giving the two files very different names, using CAPS, can be helpful when navigating from proofs to one or other.

Rob Gibson

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On 25 Sep 2020, at 16:59, Siusan Moffat <siusan...@gmail.com> wrote:



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