acronyms

Has anyone found a way to collect all the acronyms used in a document and put
them in a glossary or appendix when you're finished with the doc? I'd like
to have something like way you can collect the ToC but for acronyms. It's
not like we live in an acronym free world anymore.

Nothing automatic, but have you considered using an index? Create an XE
field for each acronym on first appearance and use a "cross-reference"
instead of a page number. To do this, select the abbreviation, press
Alt+Shift+X, click the radio button for "Cross-reference," and type the
expanded term in place of "See." If you will have another index in the
document, add an identifier switch to these XE fields so that you can build
a separate index from just these entries.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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"mapper39" wrote in message
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Has anyone found a way to collect all the acronyms used in a document and
put
them in a glossary or appendix when you're finished with the doc? I'd
like
to have something like way you can collect the ToC but for acronyms. It's
not like we live in an acronym free world anymore.