IDM's Dictionary Publishing System

IDM – Dictionary Publishing System – Editor's documentation
Table of Contents
I.Introduction......................................................................................................................... 2
The DPS : purpose and scope......................................................................................... 2
Intended users............................................................................................................. 2
Concepts and scopes.................................................................................................. 2
Dictionary Editor presentation.......................................................................................... 3
The table of content view............................................................................................. 4
The tree view............................................................................................................... 4
The preview................................................................................................................. 5
The toolbar................................................................................................................... 5
About this tutorial............................................................................................................. 5
II.Configuring your Dictionary Editor..................................................................................... 6
Defining the DPS server................................................................................................... 6
Customizing the GUI........................................................................................................ 6
Frame configuration..................................................................................................... 6
Colours and fonts......................................................................................................... 6
III.Editing basics................................................................................................................... 7
Downloading an editing task file....................................................................................... 7
Working on the editing task............................................................................................ 10
Expanding and conflating the structure...................................................................... 10
Content editing........................................................................................................... 11
Structure editing......................................................................................................... 14
Submit / Commit modifications...................................................................................... 18
Save on local hard drive............................................................................................ 18
Upload to server......................................................................................................... 19
IV.Advanced features......................................................................................................... 20
Managing user templates............................................................................................... 20
Saving a user template.............................................................................................. 20
Deleting / Renaming a template................................................................................. 21
Cross-references............................................................................................................ 23
Searching in the dictionary database............................................................................. 24
Search entries............................................................................................................ 24
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