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      7. Accessibility enhancements for Indexes
      8. Adjust text resizing options
      9. Create accessible glossaries
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Learn how to create definition lists for glossaries while exporting your document as an EPUB (Reflowable) file.

Create a glossary with a key-value pair

  1. Create a list and add the description term and description details in that order.

  2. Create a Paragraph Style for the description term by typing dt in the Tag field of the Export Tagging section.

  3. Create a Paragraph Style for the description details by typing dd in the Tag field of the Export Tagging section.

  4. Apply the respective Paragraph Style for each description term and description detail.

  5. Export to EPUB (Reflowable) format for e-readers to recognize the dt and dd tags wrapped inside a dl (description list).

Create a glossary without a key-value pair

  1. Create a list with the definitions and apply the Character Style.

  2. Create a Character Style for the definition by typing dfn in the Tag field of the Export Tagging section.

  3. Export to EPUB (Reflowable) format for e-readers to recognize the dfn tags wrapped inside a list.

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