Acronym/initialism manager?

[MuzikJunky]

I recently edited a friend's Master's thesis, and his use of acronyms and initialisms was inconsistent throughout the 100-plus pages of the document. It would be very useful if there was a manager for these things to help consistency and to keep track of them as long papers become more complex. It would also help in automatic substitution in case of an inconsistency. What do you think? Peace.

 

[Michel Bintener]

Use Find & Replace to find these acronyms and replace them when necessary-.
Go to Tools>AutoCorrect, then enter an abbreviation or acronym in the left
column, its corresponding expanded version in the right column, then click
on the Add button. That way, whenever he enters these letters followed by a
space or a return, they get expanded into the complete words, as entered in
the AutoCorrect list.

I recently edited a friend's Master's thesis, and his use of acronyms and
initialisms was inconsistent throughout the 100-plus pages of the document. It
would be very useful if there was a manager for these things to help
consistency and to keep track of them as long papers become more complex. It
would also help in automatic substitution in case of an inconsistency. What do
you think? Peace.

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[CyberTaz]

Another thought - Add the 'correct' items to a custom dictionary & make the
revisions via Spell Check?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

And yet another thought: Use the Index generator to keep track of them.

Tag each acronym as a main item, and its context as a sub-item.

When you compile the index, you can see instantly where the terms have been
used inconsistently.

Then you can simply delete the index

Cheers

I recently edited a friend's Master's thesis, and his use of acronyms and
initialisms was inconsistent throughout the 100-plus pages of the document. It
would be very useful if there was a manager for these things to help
consistency and to keep track of them as long papers become more complex. It
would also help in automatic substitution in case of an inconsistency. What do
you think? Peace.

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