text: **7.4 Getting started with ACIF indexing**
  
  The AFP Conversion and Indexing Facility (ACIF) consists of three separate but related 
  functions. ACIF can perform the following tasks: 
  
  (cid:2) Convert line data to AFP. 
  (cid:2) Index line or AFP data. 
  (cid:2) Collect resources. 
  
  ACIF accepts either line data or AFP as input and can produce three output files: 
  
  (cid:2) The output file, which is called the “out” file, is either line data or AFP. 
  (cid:2) The index file, which is called the “ind” file, is an AFP file. 
  (cid:2) The resource file, which is called the “res” file, is an AFP file. 