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Abbreviations Extractor for Docs
Find acronyms & build a glossary table for your document automatically
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Scan a Google Doc for abbreviations and acronyms, detect their expansions automatically, and drop a ready-made glossary table at the end of the document. The tedious "list of terms" job, done in one click. WHAT IT DOES • All-caps acronym detection — finds tokens like NASA, PDF, ISO9001 (digits allowed; configurable minimum letter length). • Automatic expansions — pairs "World Health Organization (WHO)" so WHO gets its full form with no manual lookup. • Sort alphabetically and deduplicate — each abbreviation appears once. • Scan & list — shows every abbreviation and expansion in the card to copy. • Insert glossary into document (Pro) — appends an "Abbreviations" heading and a 2-column Abbreviation | Expansion table at the end of the doc. GREAT FOR • Reports, theses, RFPs, and technical docs that need a glossary. • Standardizing terminology across long or collaborative documents. • Anyone tired of hand-building an acronym list. FREE & PRO • Free: all-caps and parenthetical detection, configurable length, sorting, scan & list — 20 scans/month, no signup. • Pro: one-click glossary table inserted into the document + unlimited scans. 14-day full trial. Privacy-first: the add-on only touches your active document — nothing else in your Drive. Fast support and frequent updates.