Style Guide – Rules

In the Rules menu of the Style Guide Manager, you can create rule configurations you can assign to a style guide.

Overview of the Rules menu

The area for managing rule configurations

1. Language drop-down list: Select the language for your rule configuration.
2. Sublanguage drop-down list: Select the sublanguage for your rule configuration.
3. Configuration drop-down list: If you have already created one or more rule configurations, you can select a rule configuration here.
4. Create configuration button: Create a new rule configuration.
5. Clone configuration button: Clone the selected rule configuration. The button is only enabled when a rule configuration is selected under Configuration.
6. Edit configuration button: Change the name of the selected rule configuration. The button is only enabled when a rule configuration is selected under Configuration.
7. Delete configuration button: Delete the selected rule configuration. The button is only enabled when a rule configuration is selected under Configuration
8. Export configuration button: Export a rule configuration as an XML file with the .settings file format.
9. Import configuration button: Import a rule configuration as an XML file with the .settings file format.

An overview of all available rules

Once you have created or selected a rule configuration, the following view will open up:

1. Search panel
2. Tabs of the individual notification categories: You can enable rules from the following categories in your rule configuration:
   • Spelling
   • Grammar
   • Terminology
   • Style
   • Abbreviations
3. Refresh button: Show the current status of your rule configuration.
4. Rule table
   1. Checkbox: Select the checkbox for all rules that you want to include in your rule configuration.
   2. Rule column: The rule ID of a rule
   3. Description column: A short sentence describing the rule
   4. Count column: Some rules have a counter for adjusting rules, e.g. rules with a maximum permissible sentence length.
   5. Information column: More information about the rule, e.g. info about rules that exclude one another

Overview of the Rule wizard

1. First button: Skip to the first rule you have enabled or disabled.
2. Previous button: Go to the previous button you have enabled or disabled.
3. Counter: The first number is the number of rules you have enabled or disabled. Rules skipped via Ask later are not included. The second number is the total number of rules for the Congree Language Check.
4. Next button: Go to the next rule you have enabled or disabled.
5. Last button: Skip to the last rule you have enabled or disabled.
6. Rule area: A short sentence describing the rule
7. Instruction area: The instruction for the rule
8. Explanation area: The explanation of the rule (not in all rules)
9. Example area: A example of the rule (not in all rules)
   
   1. Input screen for the deprecated example:
   2. Input screen for the positive example:
10. Counter drop-down list: Some rules have a counter for adjusting rules, e.g. rules with a maximum permissible sentence length. The Counter button can be used to adjust the counter.
11. Area for enabling a rule: Decide whether or not the rule is enabled in your rule configuration.
    
    • Yes button: Enable the rule.
    • No button: Disable the rule.
    • Ask later button: Skip over the rule.
12. Close button: Close the Rule wizard.