Manage Dictionary Views

In the Manage Dictionary Views dialog box, you specify which views you want available for each publication. You can also duplicate, rename, delete, reset, export and import views. See Also: Manage Reversal Index Views.

Open the Configure Dictionary dialog box.
Click the Manage Views button.

The Manage Dictionary Views dialog box appears.

The left pane lists views. The right pane lists publication.

Do these steps to specify which views are available for publications:
- In the left pane, click a view.
- In the right pane, select () the publications you want available for that view. Clear () all other publications.

The view that you clicked in the left pane is available for use by the selected () publications.

Repeat this step for other views, if desired. You will see the effect of this when you select a publication or use the Upload to Webonary dialog box.

Use any of these features:

Duplicate a view:

1. Click the view you want to duplicate.
2. Click (Duplicate the highlighted view).

(F2) Rename a view:

1. Click the view that you want to rename.
2. Press the F2 key or click the view a second time (not a rapid double-click) to make the name editable.
3. Edit the name.

Delete a view:

1. Click a view that was added (duplicated or imported).
2. Click (Delete this custom view).
3. In the Confirm dialog box, click Delete.

Reset a view:

You cannot reset a view that you added (duplicated or imported).

1. Click a view, and then click (Reset this view).
2. In the Confirm Reset dialog box, click Reset.

The view and headword numbers are reset to factory settings.

Export a view:

1. In the left pane, click the view you want to export.

Any custom fields, custom lists, publications, and standard LIFT lists will be exported to a file.

Styles will be exported, except custom settings for these styles are not included: Bulleted Lists, Numbered List and Homograph Number.

1. Click (Export the highlighted view).
2. In the window that opens, navigate to the location where you want to store the file. Click Save.

A *.zip file is saved. Share this file so others can import your view.

Import a view:

1. Click (Import a view).
2. In the Import a View dialog box, click Browse to find the file you want to import.
3. When the path to the file appears in the File Name box (Choose file to import dialog box), do these steps:
- - Select () either Overwrite existing view named <name> or Use new view named <name>-Imported1 (which adds the imported view).

Custom fields, custom lists, publications and lists will be imported.

The Import Dictionary View dialog box informs you that styles will be entirely replaced (overwritten) by the ones in the file. However, custom settings for these styles are not included: Bulleted Lists, Numbered List and Homograph Number.

- - Click Import.

The view is imported. The dialog boxes close automatically. FLEx does a partial refresh. However, to see the lists, you need to close and reopen the project again.

If the dialog box is open, click Close.
If the Configure Dictionary dialog box is open, click OK or continue configuring the view.
Close and reopen the project to see all the imported items.