A Pick Glossary is a special glossary that serves as a repository for Pick List Items. A Pick List can be displayed in the Expansion Table using a Pick command.
A Pick Glossary Entry, also called a Pick List Item, has:
a Pick Name that identifies the Pick List to which it belongs,
an expansion that is to be produced when the Pick List Item is picked.
an optional display form that is the text displayed in the Expansion Table, as for an expansion glossary entry.
A Pick List is a set of Pick List Items that share the same Pick Name.
In the following example the entries with a little square bullet are the items of the Pick List named color. The highlighted entry, surrounded by a rectangular outline, is the one that has the focus: it can be edited, deleted or moved.
A glossary entry can refer to the Pick List color, using the Pick command, as shown in the following example:
Short | Expansion |
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mfc |
My favorite car is {Pick}color{/Pick} |
Expanding mfc produces My favorite car is and the Pick List color is displayed in the Expansion Table, enabling you to pick one of the suggested colors:
The Pick Glossary Shell is the Pick Glossary that contains all active pick lists: in order for a Pick Glossary to be active, it needs to be included in the Pick Glossary Shell.
The Pick Glossary Shell has a fixed location and a reserved name: Glossary\#Picks.xglo
You can view and edit the
Pick Glossary Shell
in the
Glossary Viewer
using the
View Pick Glossary menu item of the
Glossary Menu.