Glossary and Styleworks Terms
New to Styleworks and style creation? Here's what everything is called in the app, in our guides, and in PerfectIt.
Documents
Term | What it means |
|---|---|
Styleworks document | The general term for anything you create in Styleworks. |
Style sheet | An editor's record of the editorial decisions made during an edit: the decision log of the editing world. Created while working on an editing project. |
House style | Usually produced by an organization to communicate its language preferences. Usually created before an editing project begins. |
Building Blocks
Term | What it means |
|---|---|
Line | A line of text in a Styleworks document. Lines can be dragged and dropped around the editor, and turned into different types of line (headings, lists, and so on). |
Heading | A line that starts a new section of the document. There are three levels of heading to help you structure your document. Regular headings stay in Styleworks. |
Preferences List heading | A special type of heading that marks its contents for export to PerfectIt. |
Term | A line in a Preferences List containing a word or phrase to be considered for export to PerfectIt. |
Terms and Matching
Term | What it means |
|---|---|
Preferred term | The form you want — normally all you need to enter. If it's a known term, nothing more is needed; if it's an unknown term, add the search term too. |
Search term | The “bad” form PerfectIt should look for. Needed when the preferred term is unknown to Styleworks — add it with (not …) or should replace. |
Known term | A term Styleworks understands, so only the preferred term is needed for export to PerfectIt. Shown with a green info bar. |
Unknown term | A term Styleworks doesn't know, so the search term must be provided before it can be exported. Shown with a red info bar. |
Expanded terms list | Hover over a green info bar to see this (potentially long) list of find-and-replace terms — exactly what will be exported to PerfectIt for that term. |
Adding Information to a Term
Term | What it means |
|---|---|
Reserved words | Words with a specific meaning to Styleworks when preparing a line for export — for example, because, for entering explanations. |
Explanation | Extra guidance shown to users when the term is found in PerfectIt (PerfectIt calls these Style Instructions). Added with because or and explain that. |
Annotation | A private note added to a term with //. Annotations stay in Styleworks and are never exported to PerfectIt. |
The Editor
Term | What it means |
|---|---|
Info bar | The red/green bar with an “i” icon at the right side of each term. Hover over it for more information about the term. Red means an unknown term; green means a known term. |
Action menu | Right-click a line, or click the six dots to its left, to open the action menu. Use it to change the line type or perform extra functions on a Preferences List heading. |
Command bar | The bar at the top of the editor with undo/redo, copy, export and more. |