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Cross-referencing using a CONCORDANCE FILE
Hi all,
I'm trying to find out the way to create cross references (e.g. See "XXX") by using a concordance file. Let me give you a real example - In my thesis, I have sometimes used "MT" instead of "Machine Translation". I have created a concordance file like this: COL 1 COL 2 machine translation machine translation MT machine translation By using this concordance file I get the following... machine translation, 1, 52, 67, 122 Even if page 67 does not contain "machine translation" as such, but rather its abbreviation MT. This is rather cool, but what I actually want to get is something like: MT, See "machine translation" machine translation, 1, 52, 67, 122 Can anyone help? I think concordance files are a rather cool way to create an index, since they automate the process and, most importantly, allow you to keep your large document clean, if you know what I mean. But on the other hand Word Help files are way too concise as to how to deploy concordance files... Thanx so much! -- luis |
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Hi Luis,
The concordance really doesn't have anything to do with "see" entries; it's strictly for creating page number entries. You'll have to do a separate manual step to get the cross-references. Look at the help topic "Field codes: XE (Index Entry) field" for the explanation of the \t switch. According to the example there, The field { XE "Highlighting" \t "See Selecting" } displays the entry "Highlighting, See Selecting" in the index. You need one XE field like this for each "see" entry you want in the final entry. They can all be placed in a single spot in the body of the document for easy maintenance. You could copy/paste each desired line from the concordance file into the document, edit it as needed, select it, and press Ctrl+F9 to make it a field. For your example, MT machine translation becomes XE "MT" \t "See machine translation" and then Ctrl+F9 adds the field braces. It would be possible to create a macro to reformat all the lines pasted in from the concordance file. It probably isn't worth the trouble unless you have several dozen of them to do. Be aware that XE fields are formatted as Hidden, so they'll disappear when you hit Ctrl+F9. You need to have Hidden text displayed in order to edit them. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org luis cerezo wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to find out the way to create cross references (e.g. See "XXX") by using a concordance file. Let me give you a real example - In my thesis, I have sometimes used "MT" instead of "Machine Translation". I have created a concordance file like this: COL 1 COL 2 machine translation machine translation MT machine translation By using this concordance file I get the following... machine translation, 1, 52, 67, 122 Even if page 67 does not contain "machine translation" as such, but rather its abbreviation MT. This is rather cool, but what I actually want to get is something like: MT, See "machine translation" machine translation, 1, 52, 67, 122 Can anyone help? I think concordance files are a rather cool way to create an index, since they automate the process and, most importantly, allow you to keep your large document clean, if you know what I mean. But on the other hand Word Help files are way too concise as to how to deploy concordance files... Thanx so much! |
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Hi Jay!
Your answer was really HELPFUL!!! THANX SO MUCH! have a GREAT day! luis "Jay Freedman" wrote: Hi Luis, The concordance really doesn't have anything to do with "see" entries; it's strictly for creating page number entries. You'll have to do a separate manual step to get the cross-references. Look at the help topic "Field codes: XE (Index Entry) field" for the explanation of the \t switch. According to the example there, The field { XE "Highlighting" \t "See Selecting" } displays the entry "Highlighting, See Selecting" in the index. You need one XE field like this for each "see" entry you want in the final entry. They can all be placed in a single spot in the body of the document for easy maintenance. You could copy/paste each desired line from the concordance file into the document, edit it as needed, select it, and press Ctrl+F9 to make it a field. For your example, MT machine translation becomes XE "MT" \t "See machine translation" and then Ctrl+F9 adds the field braces. It would be possible to create a macro to reformat all the lines pasted in from the concordance file. It probably isn't worth the trouble unless you have several dozen of them to do. Be aware that XE fields are formatted as Hidden, so they'll disappear when you hit Ctrl+F9. You need to have Hidden text displayed in order to edit them. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org luis cerezo wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to find out the way to create cross references (e.g. See "XXX") by using a concordance file. Let me give you a real example - In my thesis, I have sometimes used "MT" instead of "Machine Translation". I have created a concordance file like this: COL 1 COL 2 machine translation machine translation MT machine translation By using this concordance file I get the following... machine translation, 1, 52, 67, 122 Even if page 67 does not contain "machine translation" as such, but rather its abbreviation MT. This is rather cool, but what I actually want to get is something like: MT, See "machine translation" machine translation, 1, 52, 67, 122 Can anyone help? I think concordance files are a rather cool way to create an index, since they automate the process and, most importantly, allow you to keep your large document clean, if you know what I mean. But on the other hand Word Help files are way too concise as to how to deploy concordance files... Thanx so much! |
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