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Project Glossary View
The Project Glossary view displays the glossary terms already defined for your model. You can use this View to:
- Add glossary terms
- Assign a Markup Style to a glossary term Type, to print in a documentation report any terms of that Type in that style
- Modify glossary terms
- the display to show terms of a specific Type only
- Change a definition Type for all terms of that Type
- Print the displayed list of terms
- Delete glossary terms
Access
Use one of the methods described in the table, to display the Glossary view.
Within the Glossary view, right-click on an entry and select the appropriate option for the operation you intend to perform (as listed); if you select the:
- 'Add New' or 'Modify Selected' options, the 'Glossary Detail' dialog displays; complete the fields as indicated in the Glossary Detail Fields table
- 'Assign Markup Styles' option the 'Glossary Markup' dialog displays, on which you assign display styles to terms of each existing term Type; the style is applied when you generate an RTF report containing the glossary terms
- 'Rename type' option, the 'Rename Glossary Type' dialog displays on which you enter the alternative Type name (either another of the existing Types or a new Type); when you click on the , all entries of the original Type are changed to the new Type
- 'Set term filter' option, the 'Term Type ' dialog displays on which you enter the Type of glossary term to list; when you click on the OK button, only items of that Type are shown on the Glossary view
- 'Remove term filter' option, the Glossary view refreshes to show glossary items of all Types
- 'Print List' option, the 'Print' dialog displays on which you define the printing parameters; when you click on the OK button, the currently-displayed list prints out
- 'Delete' option, a prompt displays to confirm the deletion; click on the to remove the term from the Glossary
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Publish > Tools > Glossary > Glossary View |
Keyboard Shortcuts |
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Glossary Detail Dialog Fields
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Term |
(Mandatory) Type the term to include in the glossary. |
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Type |
(Mandatory) Select the required Type. If you require a different glossary Type, click on the button and specify the name of the new Type. This field applies the Type only to the selected term; you can rename a Type for all terms of that Type, using the context menu. Further discussion of the 'Type' field is provided in the The Glossary Dialog Help topic. |
The Glossary Dialog |
Meaning |
Type the definition or description of the term. If necessary, format the text of this description using the Notes toolbar at the top of the field. |
Notes |
New |
Clear the dialog fields so that you can define a new Glossary term. |
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Apply |
Save the new or updated glossary entry. |
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Delete |
Delete the entry. A prompt displays to confirm the deletion; click on the to remove the term from the glossary. |
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