Understand what are glossaries in FrameMaker.
You can define glossary terms of a document using the Markers in FrameMaker. You can then use the feature to publish a document that contains the glossary of the defined terms. In the published output, if a user encounters a glossary term, the user can find the definition.
To publish output that contains a glossary of terms, you need to:
See how you can create the glossary term definition in FrameMaker.
In your document, you need to provide definitions for the terms that you plan to include in the glossary.
In the document, place the pointer in the paragraph containing the definition of the term.
For example, you can define the term PDF as Portable Document Format. In this case, you need to place the pointer in the paragraph containing the definition of Portable Document Format in the document.
In the Marker dialog box (), select the marker type as Glossary.
Specify the marker text as the term.
For example, specify the marker text as PDF.
Learn to apply the glossary marker to the occurrences of the term.
The glossary term is defined. Next, you need to apply this definition to occurrences of the term in the document.
Select the term to which you want to apply the glossary definition. In the published output, if a user selects this term, the user is presented with the definition.
For example, if the document contains the term PDF, you need to select the text PDF.
In the Marker dialog box (), select the marker type as Glossary Term.
Specify the marker text as the term.
By default, FrameMaker displays the marker text as the text selected in the previous step.
After you create you glossary term definition and apply the definition to the occurrences of the term in the document, you can then publish the document. When you publish the document, you can specify how to display the glossary definition when a user selects a term in a document. For details, see the General Settings options in the Style mapping table.