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The number of answer choices you add must be equal or greater than or equal to the maximum cardinality (min/max number of answer choices ) that you specify for a questionwhen you add a characteristic to a component.

  1. Right-click the component or characteristic and select Add Answer Choices or click small add button next to each Allowed Terms entry row. in the toolbar.
    The Lexicon Search dialog box appears.
  2. Select an answer choice from a lexicon you have created as follows.
    1. From the list on the far left of the page, select at least one lexicon where you believe the term you are searching for is located. Click and hold the Shift or Ctrl key to select multiple lexicons.
    2. In the list to the right, enter the term you want to search for. Options include the following:
      • Click Whole word if you are entering the whole word and want to restrict your search to it.
      • Enter only part of the term, such as "Tum" for "Tumor".
      • Do not enter any terms to retrieve all terms in the selected lexicon(s).
    3. Click Search term button. All lexicon entries matching your search criteria appear in the search results.
    4. Select a term from the search results.
    5. Click Add allowed term to characteristic button.

      The answer choice appears in the Answer Choices list in the right panel, as shown below. Relevant steps in the selection of this answer choice are highlighted in red.

      Lexicon Search dialog box showing interface elements described in this procedure.

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      Adjust your view of the information in multiple panels by clicking and dragging the border between them.

    6. Click Save.
      The answer choice appears in the Template Components panel under the component or characteristic you originally selected.