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Acronym First-use Checker

Compare acronym occurrences with your glossary and flag abbreviations used before their expanded form is introduced.

First-use reviewEditable projectsLocal processing

Source → inspect → export

Open project

Preparing the worked example…

Your source & settings

Settings & options

Open your media file

Files stay in your browser. Try the built-in sample first.

Choose file

Source text is limited to 1.5 million characters per editor; imported text files are limited to 1.5 MB.

Inspect your result

PREVIEW & EXPORT

Output file

Know what changed

Checks uppercase tokens of 2–10 ASCII letters/digits and literal expansion phrases. It does not infer definitions from semantics, footnotes, diagrams or earlier documents.

Choose another output above or open Export files.

Explore the example

Compare acronym occurrences with your glossary and flag abbreviations used before their expanded form is introduced.

What you can inspect

First-use review — Acronym, Occurrences, First-use line, Expansion, Status.

Keep the result you need

Use the output selector to inspect each generated file, then download it. Save a project to keep source inputs and settings together. Result files and editable projects serve different purposes.

Processing & file support

Source text is limited to 1.5 million characters per editor; imported text files are limited to 1.5 MB.

Your working session

Processing runs locally in a worker with a 30-second cancellation limit. Undo and redo keep up to 20 edits in this tab. Project files include imported assets and are limited to 40 MiB. There is no automatic saving.

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Using Acronym First-use Checker

Compare acronym occurrences with your glossary and flag abbreviations used before their expanded form is introduced.

Start with the worked example in document and acronym glossary json, then paste your own source or open a text file.
Review your input structure and make any needed edits in the source editors.
Choose “Process source”. Inspect the first-use review before using the result.
Download the selected output, inspect other files in Export files and save a project if you want to reopen the same inputs.

Example

Try the built-in example, inspect first-use review and compare the result after changing one option.

Questions & answers

What does Acronym First-use Checker do?

Compare acronym occurrences with your glossary and flag abbreviations used before their expanded form is introduced.

What are the important limitations?

Checks uppercase tokens of 2–10 ASCII letters/digits and literal expansion phrases. It does not infer definitions from semantics, footnotes, diagrams or earlier documents.

Can I save and reopen my work?

Yes. Save a project JSON file containing your inputs, settings and any imported assets. Projects are limited to 40 MiB. Undo/redo stores up to 20 edits in this session and is not saved in the project. There is no automatic saving.

How do imports and output previews work?

Source text is limited to 1.5 million characters per editor; imported text files are limited to 1.5 MB. Text previews show up to 150,000 characters; downloads include the complete output. Tables show 50 rows per page; CSV files include all rows.