More and more publishers are switching to a xml first workflow and expect indexers to edit XML documents directly and insert the index entries in the appropriate predefined formats. This means a lot of manual tag typing and usually a text view that takes getting used to when no text editor is available.

Index Manager is XML-based. XML and DocBook documents are displayed like Word or InDEsign documents and can be indexed just as efficiently.
What has to be considered additionally for DocBook and XML documents will be shown in the next free Advanced webinar:

Wednesday Mai 22nd, 6:00 pm Central European Summer Time; 5 pm British Summer Time; 12:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time, 11:00 am Central, 10:00 am Mountain, and 9:00 am Pacific (US and Canada)