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| At the bottom of the details section is a list of the phrases as they will appear in the different language options. Each phrase will //always// have a **<Default>** entry and is the phrase which will be displayed if there is no other option superseding it. This default phrase can also be regarded as the //core English// option, allowing for the fact that Mystic is a UK developed software application developed for library use. | At the bottom of the details section is a list of the phrases as they will appear in the different language options. Each phrase will //always// have a **<Default>** entry and is the phrase which will be displayed if there is no other option superseding it. This default phrase can also be regarded as the //core English// option, allowing for the fact that Mystic is a UK developed software application developed for library use. | ||
| - | While spoken language variants will typically add options for all phrases in the list, industry variant may not. As some uses of the language editor is to create unique modifications to key phrases, this list of available options may not necessarily contain additional entries in //all// phrases available. | + | While spoken language variants will typically add options for all phrases in the list, industry variants may not. As some uses of the language editor is to create unique modifications to key phrases, this list of available options may not necessarily contain additional entries in //all// phrases available - only those requiring specific alterations. |
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| ==== Creating a New Phrase ==== | ==== Creating a New Phrase ==== | ||
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| In order to add a new variant of a specific phrase, select the phrase required from the list of phrases to display its details. | In order to add a new variant of a specific phrase, select the phrase required from the list of phrases to display its details. | ||
| - | In the list of available variants (which may initially only include **<default>**, click the **[+]** symbol to select the 'language' for the new variant. The drop-down list provided includes only those languages that have been configured in the **[Item Languages]** group in the [[PergamonMystic:linkedhelp:lookup|Lookup Manager]], but may include named variants that have been specifically created for a unique industry (e.g. English: Museum Antiquities Terminology). | + | In the list of available variants (which may initially only include **<default>**), click the **[+]** symbol to select the 'language' for the new variant. The drop-down list provided includes only those languages that have been configured in the **[Item Languages]** group in the [[PergamonMystic:linkedhelp:lookup|Lookup Manager]], but may include named variants that have been specifically created for a unique industry (e.g. English: Museum Antiquities Terminology). |
| On selecting the required 'language', a new entry is created in the list of variants using the default phrase as a base, but also marking it clearly to indicate that it has not been edited. | On selecting the required 'language', a new entry is created in the list of variants using the default phrase as a base, but also marking it clearly to indicate that it has not been edited. | ||
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| If a variant is not required, select the variant phrase then click **[-]** to remove it from the screen. The change will not be made permanent until you click **[Update]** to save the changes into the database. | If a variant is not required, select the variant phrase then click **[-]** to remove it from the screen. The change will not be made permanent until you click **[Update]** to save the changes into the database. | ||
| - | Note that you can not remove the default phrase form the list. | + | Note that you can not remove the default phrase from the list. While the default phrase is stored elsewhere and can not be deleted from the database, the default phrase is required here so that users creating new variants understand what the base intent of the phrase is meant to be. Default phrases shown in this list do not use space in the database. |
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