You may be able to use Formulas

Re: edix macro to IT -- Nancy Steele
Posted by Marianne ^Ž , Mon, Mar 24, 2003, 07:55:12	Reply	Top	Forum

If the Importer does not show your particular file type you can always save your list as a text file and edit it as explained in the Help file of the Importer:

The Formulas command converts a text file consisting of formulas into a corresponding Instant Text Glossary file. Each formula has the form:

short = expansion
Edit your abbreviation list and import it

Each formula produces a glossary entry that is inserted in the phrase section. Leading spaces before the short form and the expansion and spaces before the = are ignored. Lines that do not include an equal sign are ignored.

Example. The formula file:

apo    = a period of

dec    = December

jan    = January

heca   = heart catheterization

reveb  = reversibility

qupl   = quadriplegia

aqex   = aquatic exercise

Produces the glossary:

[Glossary SAMPLE   5   6]

[Words]

[Phrases]

{  5   20} apo      a period of

{  5   50} aqex     aquatic exercise

{  5   15} dec      December

{  5   75} heca     heart catheterization

{  5   10} jan      January

{  5   35} qupl     quadriplegia

{  5   40} reveb    reversibility

[end]

So you may need to do a Replace all first in your text file if the short form and the expansion are separated by a Tab or by spaces and have them separated by =

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Marianne