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# Publish a glossary of terms with a dashboard

> Publish a glossary with a Mammoth dashboard: readers see underlined terms with definitions on hover, a Glossary link, and a printed glossary section.
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> Applies to: Roles: Anyone with edit access to the board. Where: Dashboard editor › title band › What a reader can ask › Publish a glossary

A glossary publishes definitions of your terms with the board. Set it up from the title band in the dashboard editor, under **What a reader can ask**. Readers get:

- a **Glossary** link in the header that opens the list of terms;
- the first use of each term on the board underlined, with its definition on hover;
- a printed **Glossary** section at the end of the last content page, for PDF and print.



## Add terms and publish the glossary

1. Click the title band.
2. Under **What a reader can ask**, find **Publish a glossary**, with the term count ("No terms yet" when empty) and **Edit terms**.
3. Click **Edit terms** to open the **Glossary** dialog ("These definitions travel with the board").
4. Fill in each row's **Term** and "What it means on this board". **Add a term** adds a row; the **Remove** bin deletes one.
5. Click **Save**, or **Cancel**.

**Restore from context** appears when the board's attached context files define terms. If you've made edits, it asks "Replace every term with the context's definitions?" first. See [Give the AI context](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/dashboards/context/).

## How the glossary behaves

- The **Publish a glossary** checkbox stays disabled until there is at least one term. **Edit terms** is always available.
- Saving a list with terms turns publishing on. Saving an empty list turns it off.
- Rows with only a term or only a definition are dropped when you save, with a message such as "One unfinished term was not saved".
- Until you edit the list, the board publishes the terms from its context files and follows changes to them. Terms from context show the context's name as their source.
- After your first edit, your list is used as it is. Rewording a context term removes its source credit.

## Related

- [Title band](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/dashboards/title-band-and-cover/): the rest of the title band.
- [Give the AI context](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/dashboards/context/): context files that feed the glossary.
- [Add a note, caveat or source text block](https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/dashboards/text-blocks/): other words on the board.

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Source: https://mammoth.io/docs/learn/dashboards/glossary.md · Updated: 2026-11-08