This command is used to add the current word to an Acronym Table.
Place the cursor immediately before or within an acronym or abbreviation and select the “Append Acronym” command. The acronym/abbreviation must be a single word with no punctuation.
A dialogue box will be displayed containing an edit box, a list box and 2 buttons.
Although the edit box does permit you to change the acronym, before adding it to the table, this should never be necessary.
The list box allows you to choose an Acronym Table. If no acronym tables exist in DBT’s Templates folder, a “Global” table is created.
Pressing the “Append” button will add the contents of the edit box to the selected table and close the dialogue. As the “Append Button is the default, keyboard users can just press “enter”.
Pressing “Cancel” (or the “Escape” key) will close the dialogue and no changes will be made to any acronym tables.
NOTE: Please take time to study the Acronym Tables Topic. This will help you to determine if it is necessary to save the acronym to a table other than Global.