After you have defined the list view, you also need to define the so called Lexical entry view. The Lexical entry view is the representation of the lexical entry on the screen, after it has been selected from the word list. This means it is a far more elaborate view of the lexical entry.

There are two ways of defining the lexical entry view. The users can either use an analogical editor as for the word list view. To do that you have to go to the Schema and view editor and choose the Lexical entry view tab in the right frame. Here, however, the data categories are not dragged from the structure tree to the Preview window, but chosen from the Insert Data category box at the bottom of the Preview window. Their properties can be changed using the menu bar on top of the page (see Figure 2.6)

The preferred way of defining lexical entry views however, is to create lay-outs in an external html editor (like e.g. Dreamweaver or NVU) and import them into LEXUS. The creation of such lexical entry views gives much better results, but is more complicated than using the editor. The Technical Group of the MPI provides support for this. We can give you example html files with views, or help you to create the best view for your lexicon. Send an e-mail to Alexander Koenig for help.

Once you have an html file, its easy to import the view into LEXUS. Go to the Schema and View Editor and choose the Lexical entry view tab in the right frame. Check the box From local file system and browse to the html view.

Figure 2.6. Lexical entry view editor