Displaying Full Texts and Abbreviations in SLPP

Exact Search for Full Texts for an Abbreviation

To display the full texts for an abbreviation in the proposal pool, proceed as follows:

1. Enter the abbreviation whose full texts you want to display in the Text field in the Source or Target group box.

2. Choose Find Full Text in the group box containing the abbreviation you just entered.

   A dialog box appears listing the full texts to which the abbreviation is assigned in the proposal pool.

3. If you want to display the proposal pool entry for one of the full texts, double-click the full text to select it. You return to the initial screen of transaction SLPP. The selected full text is displayed in the text field. Choose Find Proposal Pool Entry .

   Note

   If you want to change or create proposals, you must enter the target text in the initial screen of transaction SLPP. For more information on how to access proposals with transaction SLPP, see Accessing Proposal Pool Entries in SLPP .

Exact Search for Abbreviations for a Full Text

To display the abbreviations for a full text in the proposal pool, proceed as follows:

1. Enter the full text whose abbreviations you want to display in the Text field in the Source or Target group box.

2. Choose Find Abbreviation in the group box containing the full text you just entered.

   A dialog box appears listing the abbreviations assigned to the full text in the proposal pool.

3. If you want to display the proposal pool entry for one of the abbreviations, double-click the abbreviation to select it. You return to the initial screen of transaction SLPP. The selected abbreviation is displayed in the text field. Choose Find Proposal Pool Entry .

   Note

   If you want to change or create proposals, you must enter the target text in the initial screen of transaction SLPP. For more information on how to access proposals with transaction SLPP, see Accessing Proposal Pool Entries in SLPP .

Generic Search for Full Texts for an Abbreviation

To access full texts for a specific abbreviation using a generic search, proceed as follows:

1. Enter the abbreviation in the Text field in the Source group box. You have the following two options for a generic search:

   • Insert an asterisk (*) in the search string. This asterisk is then replaced during the search by any number of characters.

   • Insert a plus sign (+) in the search string. The plus sign can only be replaced by a single character during the search.

2. Choose Find Full Text .

3. A dialog box appears listing all of the results of your generic search. Double-click one of the listed abbreviations and the full text to which that abbreviation is assigned is displayed.

Generic Search for Abbreviations for a Full Text

To access abbreviations for a specific full text using a generic search, proceed as follows:

1. Enter the full text in the Text field in the Source group box. You have the following two options for a generic search:

   • Insert an asterisk (*) in the search string. This asterisk is then replaced during the search by any number of characters.

   • Insert a plus sign (+) in the search string. The plus sign can only be replaced by a single character during the search.

2. Choose Find Abbreviation .

3. A dialog box appears listing all of the results of your generic search. Double-click one of the listed full texts and the abbreviation that has been defined is displayed.