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Terminology (formerly Words and Phrases)

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This goal is where you set which terms to use in a certain style guide. Based on your settings, Acrolinx will check for your preferred terminology. Your preferred terminology might depend on your content type or audience. For example, technical documentation (like the article you’re reading this very moment) needs more specific terms that aren’t useful in a marketing context.

Set preferred terminology for a style guide

You'll use the domains and term filters that you create in your terminology to set your preferred terminology for a specific style guide. You can select one or more domains or a term filter.

To add domains or a term filter to your style guide, follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Style > Style guides and click the name of the style guide you'd like to edit.

  2. Click Terminology.

  3. Choose whether you want to use terminology from domains or a term filter.

    1. Domains - select one or more domains from the dropdown. Learn how to add domains in Add, Edit, and Delete Domains.

    2. Term filter - select one term filter from the dropdown. Visit Create and Edit Term Filters to learn how you share a term filter with style guides.

      Radio Buttons

  4. Click SAVE.

Warning

These changes require you to reload the corresponding language configuration. After you save, a dialog box will open that asks if you want to RELOAD NOW or RELOAD LATER. To reload the language configuration immediately, simply click RELOAD NOW.

If you plan to work on more style guides, it might make sense to reload the language configuration after you've made all the changes you need. In this case, click RELOAD LATER. Keep in mind that the changes will only apply after a reload. You can reload the language configuration under Reload language servers.

Configure how admitted terms are scored

You can also configure the way terms with the status "admitted" get scored. There are four options available.

Learn more about admitted terms in Basic term settings.

To configure the scoring of admitted terms, follow these steps:

  1. Click the arrow icon next to Advanced settings.

  2. Select the radio button next to:

    1. Score - Acrolinx will highlight terms with the status “admitted” as issues in the Sidebar, and they’ll count toward the score.

    2. Highlight - Acrolinx will highlight terms with the status “admitted” as issues in the Sidebar, but they won't count toward the score.

    3. Suggest - Acrolinx will suggest terms with the status “admitted” in related Sidebar cards.

    4. Ignore - Acrolinx won’t highlight or suggest terms with the status “admitted” in the Sidebar.

  3. Don't forget to click SAVE.

You can find more information about the "admitted" status in Basic term settings