Glossary Terms Lists

You can create glossary terms lists to help users browse the glossary and to simplify glossary editing. You can create terms directly in a list and define custom filters for each list. To create a list, right-click the Glossary node and select New > Glossary Terms List.

The following tools are available on the glossary terms list toolbar:

Tools

Description

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Properties [Alt+Enter] - Opens the property sheet of the selected term.

Add a Row [Ctrl+N] - Create a new term.

Show Titles and Texts and Show Titles Only - Shows the titles and descriptions or only the titles of all terms in the view.

Show Current Title and Text / Show Current Title Only - Toggle between showing the title and description or only the title of the selected term.

Cut [Ctrl+X], Copy [Ctrl+C], and Paste [Ctrl+V] - Perform the standard clipboard actions.

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Delete [Ctrl+D] - Deletes the selected term.

Customize Columns and Filter - Opens a dialog to change the columns displayed in the list or define a filter (see Customizing Object List Columns and Filtering Lists).

Enable/Disable Filter - Toggles the filter specified in the Customize Columns and Filter dialog.

Find [Ctrl+F] - Opens a dialog to search for text.

Format [Ctrl+M] - Opens a dialog to specify fonts and styles.

Bold, Italic, and Underline - Format the selected text.

Align Left, Align Center, and Align Right - Align the selected text.

Bullets - Indent and bullet the selected text.

New Glossary Terms List - Creates a new list.

Tool - Open a Requirements View

Open Glossary Terms List - Opens a dialog to select another terms list to view.

Export to Excel - Saves the list to a *.xls, *.xlsx, or *.csv format (specify the format in the Save as type field in the Save as dialog).

Note: Right-click the glossary node in the Browser and select Model Options to set default formats for the term names and descriptions in your glossary terms lists (see Glossary Model Options).