Importing an existing CV


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Instead of creating a Controlled Vocabulary again every time ELAN also supports the possibility to reuse existing CV's. A first way to achieve this is to use a template file that contains a CV when creating a new *.eaf file. (See the section called “Creating a new document”) Alternatively you can import a CV for already existing files:

select Edit > Edit Controlled Vocabularies
Click on Import CV
Select the template (.etf), .csv or .txt file from which you want to import a CV
Choose Open
Now all CV's that are stored in the selected template file will be imported

If you try to import a CV with the same name as an already existing CV a dialog will pop up asking what to do:

Figure 222. Controlled vocabulary already exists warning

Skip CV: ignore the CV from the template
Replace Existing CV: overwrite the existing CV with that from the template
Rename CV: opens a dialog asking you to give a new name for the imported CV
Merge CV's: entries from the imported CV that are not in an existing CV are imported.