Import Glossary from Word Doc?

Forum|Forum|17 years ago
September 22, 2008
2 replies
405 views

Hello!

Is it possible to import the contents of a Word doc into a project's glossary, rather than having to create from scratch and/or cutting & pasting into the Glossary?

I saw nothing about this in LiveDocs or the Forum...

If I have a Word doc, what styles should be applied to the term and to the definition?

Thanks in advance!

Kathy

WebHelp

This topic is closed to new replies. Start a new post to keep the conversation going.

K

Kathy2Author

Inspiring

Thanks, Rick!

Captiv8r

Legend

Hi Kathy

Yes, it's possible. However, keep in mind that the Glossary file exists as a simple ASCII text file. Thus, no formatting is allowed. I might suggest the following approach:

Add a single term to the Glossary using RoboHelp. Then sneak behind the scenes and open the ProjectName.GLO file with Windows Notepad. Note the structure. Now format the text in your Word document to follow the example you just looked at. You could then select it all, copy and paste into the .GLO file.

Cheers... Rick

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.