Trying to lay out a design for a Glossary/Dictionary

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Marilyn

I am trying to create a user Glossary for a project. Note
that I don't mean an underlying glossary or dictionary
file for Word to use--I mean creating one like you would
find in a book. The glossary IS the document.

I am hoping to find some sort of template to save myself a
lot of time, but am striking out. Anyone have any ideas as
to existing templates that might be modified for such a
purpose?

I appreciate any help you can give me.

Thank you!
 
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Jezebel

Don't know of any templates. Why not just look at the dictionary or glossary
you most admire and follow that. Typographic standards have fallen markedly
in recent decades -- my own preference would be the 1938 OED.

Use Styleref fields in the header -- read help on the switches for how to
show the first and last entry on the page.
 
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Margaret Aldis

Hi Marilyn

Another tip:

If this is an ongoing reference document in a project, choose a layout you
can achieve with a table. That way you can order the entries alphabetically
on 'term', keeping the definition paragraphs with them. (If it's for
publication, of course, check with the publisher.)
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill

Alternatively, if you format the defined term with an outline-level style,
you can use Outline view to sort.
 
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