In the Rules menu of the Style Guide Manager manager, you can create rule configurations that you can assign to a style an editorial guide.
Overview of the Rules menu
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The area for managing rule configurations
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Language
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selection list: Select the language for your rule configuration.
Sublanguage
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selection list: Select the sublanguage
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of your rule configuration.
Configuration
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selection list: If you have already created one or more rule configurations, you can select a rule configuration here.
Create configuration button: Create a new rule configuration.
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To create a new rule configuration
enter a unique name for your configuration.
no preselection: You can start here with an empty rule configuration.
select one of the other options to create a preconfigured selection.
create: Confirm the selection and create the rule configuration under the selected name.
close: Close the window. The configuration is not saved. Your selections will be discarded.
Clone configuration button: Clone the selected rule configuration. The button is only
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active if a rule configuration is selected under Configuration.
Edit configuration button: Change the name of the selected rule configuration. The button is only
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active if a rule configuration is selected under Configuration.
Delete configuration button: Delete the selected rule configuration. The button is only
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active if a rule configuration is selected under Configuration
Export configuration button: Export a rule configuration as an XML file with the .settings file format.
Import configuration button: Import a rule configuration as an XML file with the .settings file format.
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The various selection options are described in more detail on the Manage rule configurations page.
The view of all available rules
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Once at a glance
As soon as you have selected or created or selected a rule configuration, the following view will open upappears:
Search
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window
Tabs
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for the individual
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message categories: You can
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activate rules from the following categories in your rule configuration:
- Spelling
- Grammar
- Terminology
- Style
- AbbreviationsRefresh button:
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Display the
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latest status of your rule configuration.
Rule table
a. Checkbox:
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Activate the checkbox for all rules that
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should be included in your rule configuration.
b. Rule column:
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the rule ID of a rule
c. Description column:
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a short sentence describing the rule
d. Count column: Some rules have a counter for
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rule adaptation, e.g. rules that deal with a maximum
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permitted sentence length.
e. Information column:
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additional information
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on the rule, e.g.
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Overview of the Rule wizard
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The Rule wizard can be used to create a rule configuration. How to use the Rule wizard: Creating a rule configuration |
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- Input screen for the deprecated example:
- Input screen for the positive example:
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- Yes button: Enable the rule.
- No button: Disable the rule.
- Ask later button: Skip over the rule.
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information on which rules are mutually exclusive