Vern (or anyone), creating PDF indexes

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Once upon a time ago, like Dec. 2002, Vern wrote
(http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200212/msg00109.html):

> There was once a version of the libraries (somewhere around
> v3r6?) that had all the books in both Reader and in Acrobat
> format. And the Acrobat set had a couple indexes. These were
> FANTASTIC (no flame intended, just enthusiastic) - they gave
> you a list of hits, just as the Reader did, and they went
> across multiple books.
>
> This index is not hard to create, AFAIK. We have Acrobat, and
> the index creation is just a menu option. AFAIK, you do need
> the actual books on hand, so searches across the net may not
> be feasible.
>
> In addition, the use of so many soft-coded hyperlinks that
> break when you download the PDF would make this hard.
>
> When I get some time (heh) I might try generating such an
> index. There's a special version of Acrobat (still free) for
> these, but it might be worth it. Will let you all know.

Couldn't find whether you "let us all know" how this turned out.  Is there a
"special version of Acrobat (still free)" for creating PDF indexes?

tia,
db