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The Rules tab |
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The Rules tab in the Ribbon provides quick access to the main commands used to edit business rules in Microsoft Word. The commands in the Rules tab are organized into a series of logical groups:
Use the commands in the Write group to insert rules and configure the behavior of the completion menu.
Inserts a new rule at the cursor position, or allows you to select a copy of a previously stored rule from the Rule Gallery.
Click the upper half of the button to insert a new rule at the cursor position. The new rule will be inserted with the default rule format and default rule text.
Click the lower half of the button and choose Rule Gallery to select a copy of a previously stored rule from the Rule Gallery to use as a starting point for your new rule.
For more information on using the Rule Gallery, see Store and retrieve rules using the Rule Gallery.
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| You can also insert a new business rule from the Rules group in the Insert tab. |
Enables/disables automatic display of the completion menu as you type.
When this option is enabled, the completion menu appears when you press SPACE, TAB, or ENTER, when you click a placeholder, or when you double click anywhere in the rule body.
When this option is disabled, you must press CTRL+SPACE to display the completion menu.
For more information about using the completion menu, see Use the completion menu.
Enables/disables sentence completion mode.
When this mode is enabled, the completion menu proposes partially completed sentences with placeholders. Enable sentence completion if you prefer to build phrases by clicking placeholders and selecting options from the completion menu.
When this mode is disabled, the completion menu only proposes sentence fragments, without placeholders. Disable sentence completion if you prefer to type phrases directly from the keyboard.
Use the commands in the Review group to check your rules for errors and activate or deactivate automatic syntax highlighting.
Checks the syntax of all rules in the document and reports any errors found.
Toggles syntax highlighting of business rules.
This command applies syntax coloring to words that have a particular meaning within your business rules, such as rule language keywords. When activated, highlighting is updated automatically as you type (you may notice a short delay before highlighting is applied, especially in large RuleDocs)
Use the commands in the Format group to set and apply default rule formatting and insert rule properties.
Saves the format of the currently selected rule as the default rule format. This format will be applied to all new rules that you create. You can also apply this default rule format to existing rules.
Applies the document's default rule format to the selected rules. To apply the default rule format to all rules in the RuleDoc, first select the whole document (press CTRL+A).
Displays a list of available rule properties. Select an item from the list to insert it into your document at the cursor position.
Use the commands in the View group to show or hide the RuleDoc pane and Vocabulary pane.
Toggles the display of the RuleDoc pane.
The RuleDoc pane lists the business rules contained in the current RuleDoc and allows you to view and edit their properties (see The RuleDoc pane).
Toggles the display of the Vocabulary pane.
The Vocabulary pane displays the list of terms and phrases that you can use in your business rules see (see The Vocabulary pane).
Use the command in the Content group to save text to the Rule Gallery.
Copies the contents of the current rule to the Rule Gallery for later reuse. Only the text of the rule is stored, not the formatting.
Click the lower half of the Insert Rule button and choose Rule Gallery to insert previously stored rules from the Rule Gallery.
Use the commands in the Customize group to set the default rule text, organize the Rule Gallery and configure advanced options.
Displays a menu of options for configuring or customizing ILOG Rule Solutions for Office.
Set Default Rule Text
Displays a dialog box that allows you to edit the default text to use when inserting new rules.
Rule Gallery Organizer
Displays a dialog box that allows you to organize and manage the contents of the Rule Gallery. Entries in the Rule Gallery are stored as building blocks and belong to the `ILOG Business Rules' category.
Advanced Options
The Advanced options dialog box allows you to reset options for the Word Add-In for ILOG Rule Solutions for Office and generate unique identifiers for all the rules and ruleflows in the current RuleDoc.
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