Combining Phrases 

Use

This function enables you to select a representative phrase for similar phrases in the active phrase library, and to store the other similar phrases in a back-up phrase library.

Prerequisites

You can only combine phrases in the active library.

Features

This function takes the following cases into account:

If the phrases to be replaced

Then

Have phrase references

These are transferred to the representative phrase.

Phrase references with original text transfer are transferred as phrase references without original text transfer.

Are used as characteristic values

They are replaced by the representative phrase.

Have phrase items that do not occur in the representative phrase

These items are not copied to the representative phrase.

If a phrase that is to be replaced is used in a substance report, it must be replaced manually with the representative phrase. You can use the Where-Used List to determine the substance report that is affected before combining the phrases.

Before combining, you must first make sure that the representative phrase is present in the same language as the previous phrases.

Activities

Combining Phrases