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Saving the Topic

Once you have added the required terms to the new Topic and marked their keywords, you can save the Topic in SMART. The first time you save a Topic, SMART offers the following options:

- Create a new Category for the Topic: If you choose this option, SMART automatically opens a new Category with the same name as the Topic, and configures the Category such that linguistic Events in which the Topic is recognized are included in the Category. (If you do not choose to do this at this point, you can manually open a Category for the Topic Defining a New Category or include the Topic in the properties of one or more existing Categories later; see Managing Categories.)
- Link the Topic to an existing Program: If you choose this option, SMART adds the Topic to the selected Program. (If you do not choose to do this at this point, you can manually link the Topic to one or more Programs later; see Managing Programs.)

To save a new Topic:

1. To the upper-left of the list of terms, click (Save). The Topic Express dialog box opens.

   Topic Express dialog box

   Note: If you try to save a Topic that contains terms that are too short to be effective, before the Topic Express dialog box opens you are prompted to choose how to handle them.

   Prompt about short terms

2. If you want to create a Category for the Topic, select Build a default category for this topic.
3. If you want to include the Topic in a Program, select Search this topic in program, and then, in the dropdown list, select the Program.
4. Click OK. The Topic is saved in SMART and the options you selected are implemented.

See also

Creating a Blank Topic
Adding Terms
Marking Keywords