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Create Glossary Words and Abbreviations

You can enter words and their corresponding abbreviations directly into the glossary. You can enter, display, edit, and specify the word type (prime, modifier1, modifier2, or class).

Follow these steps:

1. Expand the Model Explorer, right-click NSM Options and click New.

   A new NSM Option object is added.

2. Right-click the new object and click Properties.

   NSM Option Editor appears.

3. Complete the following options in the NSM Option Editor:

   Name

   Specifies the default NSM name. You can modify the NSM name when required.

   Match whole words only

   Specifies whether to substitute glossary abbreviation on whole words only or to include parts of words or substrings. Select the check box to substitute glossary abbreviation on whole words only. Clear the check box to substitute glossary abbreviation for complete words, as well as on parts of words or substrings.

   Match whole name only

   Specifies whether to substitute glossary abbreviation on whole name only. Select the checkbox to substitute glossary abbreviation on whole name only and to ignore parts of words and substrings.

   For example, a glossary abbreviation, Customer Name is substituted with its abbreviation only when the whole name is found. The parts of words or substrings, Customer and Name are ignored.

   Is Active

   Specifies whether to apply a NSM to a model.

4. Click the Glossary tab and work with the following options:

   Word Type

   Displays only the selected type of glossary words.

   Word/Words

   Specifies the glossary word or words that you want to abbreviate.

   Abbreviation

   Specifies the standard abbreviation.

   Alt Abb

   Specifies an alternate abbreviation.

   P, M1, M2, C

   Specifies whether you want to use the word as a prime, modifier 1, modifier 2, or class.

5. Click Close.

   The data is saved.

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