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Terms

Terms are language specific texts used for instance inside Word footers and document. They can be used as plain text or as content control’s guide texts. Terms can also be used with combined fields.

Creating terms

  1. Inside Portal, navigate to Data > Terms

  2. Press New-button to add term

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Add value in every document language.

Using terms

  1. Open document with Content Tool

  2. Add term to the document by clicking the term name

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  3. Update the document

Term is added to the content as a content control but when the user creates the document, it will be replaced as a normal text.

Examples

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Content controls

When you add the term to the document content, it comes as a content control but it will be replaced as a normal text when creating the document. However, if you want that it will not be replaced, change the properties of the content control.

  1. Add the term

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  2. Select the content control and select Properties from the Developer ribbon (*).

  3. Remove text from the Tag and then the guide text of the content control stays as is.

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*https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/show-the-developer-tab-in-word-e356706f-1891-4bb8-8d72-f57a51146792

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