Export and import word document of nickname

Exporting and importing the nickname of your diagrams to word document enables you to manage translation with ease. After all, you can update the nickname of exported Word document and import it back to synchronize the changes to the nickname of model elements, especially when you ask your team member (or your translator) to translate the project without providing the project to him/her.

In the following steps, let's try to export your project to word document and import the translated word document back to VP-UML:

1. Switch your project to your target nickname. Select Modeling > Nicknames > [your target nickname] from the toolbar.
   

   Switch your project into Chinese (traditional)

   NOTE:

   If you haven't created your target nickname before, the nickname will not display on the list. To configure your nickname, select Modeling > Nicknames > Configure Nicknames... on the toolbar. Click Add button to enter a nickname directly or click Add User Language... button to select one.

2. To export your project's model elements, select Modeling > Nicknames > Configure Nicknames... from the toolbar.
3. In Configure Nickname dialog box, click Export button.
   

   Export your project's model elements

4. In Save dialog box, select a directory for saving it as word document in your computer. Click Save button after you name the file.
5. Next, you send the word file to your team member (or your translator).
6. After s/he has translated the word file, you get it back from him/her and save it in your computer. Now, you can import the translated word document back to VP-UML. Open your project with VP-UML. Switch your project to your target nickname, and then open Configure Nickname dialog box.
7. In Configure Nickname dialog box, click Import button.
   

   Import the translated word document back to VP-UML

8. In Open dialog box, select the directory where you save your translated word document and click Open button.
   As a result, you can see your project is updated.
   

   The name of your project's model elements has been updated to show the selected nickname