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title: "Thesaurus Separators"
canonical: "https://support.soutron.net/space/HG/3278754/Thesaurus%20Separators"
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Separators can allow selected terms to be associated with the correct delimiters for an external programme to use. For example, one application may use a colon ":" as the separator and another may use a pipe "|" to ensure the entered terms are correctly separated.

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**To access Thesaurus Separators, select** <span style="color: #ff0000">**Thesaurus > Thesaurus Separators**</span>.

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## Creating a thesaurus separator

To create your own Thesaurus Separator:

1. Click **Create** from the **Actions** menu.> Macro (inline-media-image)
2. Type in the description for your separator and the character that represents your character in their respective fields.
3. Click **Save** from the **Actions** menu.

## Deleting a thesaurus separator

To Delete a Thesaurus Separator, click **Delete** to the right of the corresponding separator.