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MS Word Menu Commands


This section lists and describes the MS Word menu commands associated with the integration with SDL Suite and TTCN Suite. Both new commands and the affected ordinary (existing) commands are described.

New Menu Commands

The new commands are accessible from a menu in MS Word called SDT. It contains the following menu choices:

Connect to SDT

Connects to SDL Suite and TTCN Suite. This is done automatically when starting MS Word.

Disconnect from SDT

Disconnects from SDL Suite and TTCN Suite. This is done automatically when exiting MS Word.

Show Organizer

Opens or raises the Organizer.

Show Reference

Shows the selected SDT reference in an appropriate editor. This requires that the user has selected the reference text or placed the cursor inside it.

Create Endpoint

Creates a new endpoint that will be marked with a special character format in the text (see Link Handling) and notified to SDL Suite and TTCN Suite. This command requires that the user has selected the region of text to convert to an endpoint. Endpoints are not allowed to overlap and must consist of at least one character.

Delete Endpoint

Deletes an endpoint. The endpoint text will be converted to plain text and the deletion will be notified to SDL Suite and TTCN Suite. All links associated with the endpoint will be cleared. This command requires that the user has selected or placed the cursor inside the endpoint text.

Follow Link

Follows one of the links associated with an endpoint. This results in displaying the endpoint on the other end of the link in an appropriate editor. If only one link is associated with the endpoint, this link is followed. Otherwise the user is offered to choose between the associated links in a dialog.

This command requires that the user has selected or placed the cursor inside the text of an endpoint marked as having associated links.

Show Endpoint in Link Manager

Opens the Link Manager and shows the selected endpoint. This requires that the user has selected or placed the cursor inside the endpoint text.

Update Endpoints

When applying styles and character formats to text containing endpoints, the endpoint character format may be changed and thus it becomes impossible to tell where the endpoints are located. By using this command all endpoints in the active document will have the endpoint character format applied to them.

Furthermore, when deleting text containing endpoint using the keyboard (<Delete>) instead of menu choices, or pasting text with endpoints from other documents, this is not notified to SDL Suite and TTCN Suite. By executing this command, a synchronization with the Link Manager takes place in order for it to have a consistent view of the endpoints in the active document.

Affected File Commands

Exit

Disconnects from SDL Suite and TTCN Suite before exiting.

New

The new buffer is notified to SDL Suite and TTCN Suite and takes part in the interaction.

Open

The loaded buffer is notified to SDL Suite and TTCN Suite and takes part in the interaction.

Save and Save As

The buffer is notified as saved to SDL Suite and TTCN Suite.

Close

The buffer is notified as unloaded to SDL Suite and TTCN Suite.

Affected Editing Commands

Modification of Endpoint Text

The endpoint is notified as modified to SDL Suite and TTCN Suite.

Note:

In MS Word, inserted text take the same character format as the character that precedes it. Added characters in front of the endpoint text will not take the character format of the endpoint text until the endpoint is updated (see Update Endpoints). MS Word 7.0 only: When the cursor is placed directly after the endpoint text, added characters will not become part of the endpoint text, even though the character format will indicate so.

Clear

All endpoints within the selection will be deleted. See Delete Endpoint.

Cut

All endpoints within the selection will be deleted. See Delete Endpoint. Endpoints in the copy of the selection is represented by plain text.

Copy

Endpoints in the copy of the selection is represented by plain text.

Paste

Endpoints (bookmarks) not already defined in the document, in which the Paste operation is done, will be created. However, the text region is still plain text and the endpoints have to be updated in order to apply the endpoint character format to the new endpoints.

Undo

No undo information is recorded for the link handling commands. Consequently, these commands cannot be undone.


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