Looking up terms

During your Rational® Requirements Composer session, you can look up terms using a toolbar control. When you work in documents, you can look up glossary terms from selected text within the document.

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To look up a glossary term, in the toolbar, click Look Up Term . Select a repository and type a glossary term name in the Term field.

To look up a glossary term from within a document, perform either of the following actions:
  • To search for a term based on the initial letters of the term, place the cursor in a word and press Ctrl+space. Terms whose initial letters match those in the word are displayed. Select a term from the search results and press Enter to embed the term as a link in the document.
  • To search for a term based on the initial letters of the term, highlight the text, right-click, and click Glossary > Look Up Term. Terms whose initial letters match the highlighted text are displayed.
  • To search for a term, place the cursor anywhere in the document and click Glossary > Look Up Term. Select a repository, if necessary, and type a term in the Term field.

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