Welcome to our term browser quick start. Here you'll learn:
The term browser is a companion to the terminology section. It serves as a reference tool for anyone who needs quick access to general term information. You can use the term browser to do the following:
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Search for a term.
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Access a term help page that displays reference information about a term.
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Share links to term information with other users in your organization.
The term browser and the translation browser give users limited access to the information stored in your terminology.
After you've signed in to Acrolinx, you'll have the option to access the following:
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Term browser - Provides some of the same search and filter tools that are visible in the terminology section. This is suitable for users who need to filter for terms with a wide range of filter criteria.
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Translation browser - Provides a simplified set of search tools. This is helpful if you need to quickly locate translations.
While the term search generally works intuitively, it's helpful to know about some of the basic concepts.
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When you search for a term, all characters are treated as wildcard searches by default. If you enter the character "a," the dropdown lists all words that contain an "a."
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When your terms have quotation marks, you need to escape these characters. This is because the quotation marks indicate that a search applies to an exact word or phrase. For example, the term Database "Acrolinx". If you search for the exact spelling of the term, the search won't find the term. Instead, you must escape the quotation marks and use the following: Database \"Acrolinx \."
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You can group terms by term entry to see all terms that belong together. If you click Group by term entry, Acrolinx groups all synonyms and translations and displays them in separate sections of the search results table.
Important
You need a role with the privilege Add comments to existing terms,
To add an additional comment to an existing term, follow these steps:
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Open the Term browser or the Translation browser.
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Search for the term you want to comment on.
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Navigate to the COMMENT tab and click ADD COMMENT.
Tip
The ADD COMMENT option may look different depending on how your administrator has configured your term help template.
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The comment page will open in a new tab. Enter your comment in the text box.
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(Optional) Select the checkbox Request review so that your terminologist can easily find your new comment.
If the Request review option isn’t available, your Acrolinx admin can configure the Process status field to include the status review requested.
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Click SUBMIT.
If you want to distribute terms to users without network access, you can print the list of the terms in the search results table. The print function is available in both the standard and the translation views.
To print the list of displayed terms, follow these steps:
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Apply a filter or enter a keyword search to view a list of terms.
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Click Print in the search and filter bar.
The term browser prints all displayed terms. The number of terms is shown in the table header of the search results table.
You can propose new terms directly from the term browser. To do so, click the Contribute term menu item in the top right of the term browser window. This will open the term contribution window, where you can submit your term. Learn more in Contribute a Term.