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Crimson_M - 25 Feb 2004 21:50 GMT

Is it possible to use a list of symbols in Word 2003? I am writing
technical long document and I have tons of acronyms. It would be ver
convenient if I could 'mark' terms that are symbols and have Wor
construct a table of each acronym/symbol along with its definition.

As an example:
CPA - Certified Public Accountant
USD - U.S. Dollars

I did not find any options under insert > referece > index and tables
so I'm a tad lost. Perhaps I have to construct this manually?

Thanks

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Robert M. Franz (RMF) - 26 Feb 2004 10:17 GMT

Hi Crimson

> Is it possible to use a list of symbols in Word 2003? I am writing a
> technical long document and I have tons of acronyms. It would be very
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> I did not find any options under insert > referece > index and tables
> so I'm a tad lost. Perhaps I have to construct this manually?

I think so, yes. But IMHO you don't lose much that way. Prepare the list
of acronyms wherever you like in your document (usually I'd put that
right behind the TOC), and then go there each time you type one such
acronym and its explanation. Make sure you are either using a 2-column
table for this list, or a style with maybe hanging indent and one
paragraph for each entry only. Then you can sort the whole list easily
with the command in the table menue.

As long as the final output of your work is paper, I don't see much
benefit in an automated solution from Word itself or a VBA macro.

Greetinx
.bob
..Word-MVP

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