Term variants are orthographic variations on how to write terms. In most cases, Acrolinx highlights any word that is orthographically different than the entered term. You can, however, configure exceptions to this behavior on a term level or a global level.
To configure term variant exceptions, you need the privilege "Customize term management." See our documentation on privileges and Acrolinx roles for more information.
If you notice that Acrolinx doesn’t highlight some term variants correctly, you can do the following:
-
Use the Advanced Information tab of a term’s Term Edit page to configure variant exceptions for an individual term.
-
Use the Term Variants page to configure variant exceptions for all terms.
The global term variant guidelines on the Term Variants page let you configure variant exceptions for all terms. Global term variant guidelines are useful when Acrolinx incorrectly highlights variants that are allowed for most of your terms.
You can use the global term variant guidelines to prevent Acrolinx from highlighting generally allowed variants. Additionally, you can use the Advanced Information tab of a term’s Term Edit page to override a global variant guideline. You might want to do this in cases where you want Acrolinx to highlight a generally allowed variant for a particular term.
The Terminology Manager comes installed a standard set of term variant guidelines.
To configure a term variant exception for a specific term, follow these steps:
-
Navigate to Terminology > Customization > Term Variants.
-
In the Term Variant table, select the checkbox in the Value column to activate a guideline.
-
Click Save.
Notice
To make the change available for checking, the Acrolinx administrator must reload the server configuration for the relevant language servers.
With the term variant guidelines on the Advanced Information tab of a term’s Term Edit page you can configure variant exceptions for individual terms and to override the global term variant guidelines.
The Terminology Manager comes installed with a standard set of term variant guidelines.
To configure a term variant exception for a specific term, follow these steps:
-
Open the Term Edit page for a term, and click the Advanced Information tab.
-
Enter the required input for the guideline in the Value column.
-
Click Save.
Notice
To make the change available for checking, the Acrolinx administrator must reload the server configuration for the relevant language servers.