Appendix coding question

[drmajorbob]

Maybe this:

Tag words for glossary

It sounds to me like you might benefit from using hyperlinks for this. Consider the following workflow: You are typing along, and come across a term that should be defined. Select the phrase. Hit the ⌘L shortcut, which is bound to the Edit ▸ Link to Document ▸ New Link... menu command. Optimisation: if you tend to know before you type whether a word is significant, consider enabling the Automatically detect [[document links]] setting, in the Corrections preference pane. It’s the same exac…