Robohelp 2022 - Glossary

Question

I have .docx file with terms and definitions (thousands of definitions).  Is there any way I can use this docx file for my glossary in RH?  Can i convert it to a different form and then import somehow?  I see that it's looking for a .glo file when I click on Import.  Any tips or tricks that anyone has to make this fasterr?  Thanks.

WoutJacobs · Accepted Answer

It's definitely possible with coding, but probably not natively in Robohelp.

As long as you have a structured list of terms and definitions (e.g. a text file 'term\tdefinition\nterm\tdefinition\n...'), you can add them to the glossary file.

If you open Default.glo (xml file), you can see the general structure of the glossary.

For each term + definition, create a tag as follows and add it to the overarching <glossgroup> tag:

<glossdef>{definition}</glossdef>

</glossentry>

Amebr · Answer

Regarding the link Jeff posted, it's for a much older version of RH, so you should create a small glossary manually so you can check if the format is still the same.

If your glossary definitions consist of more than one paragraph, I personally wouldn't recommend using the built in glossary as you can only have one paragraph and no formatting such as tables, images, lists or hyperlinks.

What I've done for time immemorial is to have a separate topic called Glossary which I include at the bottom of the table of contents. I use dropdown links so the definition is hidden until someone clicks on the term. You can't use the glossary term converter script with it, but manually hyperlinking has been fine for my cases. Obviously you'd have to determine if that was suitable for your situation.

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