Creating a Glossary help needed. 1

[MizMag]

I need to develop a Glossary for a manual(as well as an index). I don't see any directions in the PageMaker 7.0 manual or anywhere else in reference to creating a Glossary. Can it be done in PM? I am a new user.

A rather clumsy work-around is to create an index in PM (to get the entries alphabetized) and then make a copy of that in Word and add the definitions.

Is there a way to add entries to a Glossary as they come up while I am developing the manual content rather than waiting until it's all finished and ready for the index?

I am running Win 2000 Pro, an old MS Office 97, dual monitors and plenty of power. (Limited experience with the Office Aps.)

Thanks!

MizMag

 

[viol8ion]

Your method is probably the best work around. PM does not provide support for a glossary. Another method would be to create the index, then place that index onto a new PM document. Then edit that text, and either copy/paste that text into your doc, or just use the Book function to link the two files. This is preferable to using Word, as you will not have to worry about unintentionally adding extraneous styles to your PM doc when copying/pasting or placing the new text from Word. When in doubt, deny all terms and defnitions.

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[MizMag]

Thanks for the help, Viol8ion! I'll go that route and not mess with Word.