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Adding a Glossary File

Flare may provide you with an initial glossary called "MyGlossary," to which you add terms and definitions using the Glossary Editor. You can use this initial glossary, but you can also add more glossaries if you want.

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Let's say the documentation team where you work is creating many manuals for different products in the company. The documentation manager has decided that each glossary in each manual must contain certain terms and definitions.

Your team could create a glossary with the same terms and definitions, calling it "CorporateGlossary." Flare would create an XML glossary file called "CorporateGlossary.flglo" behind the scenes. Authors on the team could then share copies of that glossary file. Each author adds the glossary to his or her project and associates the glossary with any targets to be compiled.

Each author might then have another glossary specific to his or her manual, containing terms and definitions that are not used in all projects.

How to add a new glossary file to a project

  1. Select Project>Add Glossary.

    The Add Glossary dialog opens.

  2. In the Template Folders area, select one of the folders.

    The Templates section to the right displays the glossary templates contained in the folder you selected. Click here to find out what templates are all about.

  3. In the Templates area, select a glossary template.
  4. In the File name field, type a new name for the glossary.
  5. Click Add.

    The glossary is added to the Glossaries folder in the Project Organizer. The Glossary Editor opens to the right, with an initial glossary term and definition shown.

WHAT'S NEXT?

After you add the new glossary, you need to create new glossary terms and definitions.

See Also

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