This article covers the following topics:
- Convert Application Text to a Term 
- Add a Term in the Terms Manager 
- Create Terms from Parts 
- Now What? 
Convert Application Text to a Term
- Select a word or phrase in your specification or claims. 
 
 
- Press Ctrl+Shift+T on your keyboard 
 
 OR
 
 Right+click your selection and select the Convert to Term option from the context menu.
 
 
 
- Your selected word or phrase will be converted to a term data object. 
 
 
 
Add a Term in the Terms Manager
- Open the Terms Manager. 
 
 
- Click the +Add button. 
 
 
 
- Enter the desired word or phrase in the field provided. 
 
 
 
- If desired, click the edit pencil to change the automatically-generated plural form of your term. Click the Auto-generate link to revert to the automatic plural version. 
 
 
 
- Click the Save button to convert your entered text into a term data object. 
 
 Note that terms stored in another .rp file can also be individually imported by dragging and dropping them individually.
 
 
Create Terms from Parts
A separate article is provided describing how parts can be used to create terms.






