Acronyms and Spelled Out Forms Do Not Appear in Output

Hello. I am trying to use DITA to keep track of spelling out acronyms the first time used within a topic, and then using the acronym for the remainder of the topic. In the Word files generated using the DITA to DOCX Transformation with XSL Utility 5.4.5, neither the spelled out word or the acronym show up.

Here is a sample of my test glossary file (note that I am only using glossary entries for acronyms, not for term definitions):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glossgroup PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DITA Glossary Group//EN" "glossgroup.dtd">
<glossgroup id="acronyms">
    <title>Acronyms</title>
      <glossentry id="cde">
            <glossterm>California Department of Education</glossterm>
            <glossBody>
                  <glossSurfaceForm>California Department of Education (CDE)</glossSurfaceForm>
                  <glossAlt>
                        <glossAcronym>CDE</glossAcronym>
                  </glossAlt>
            </glossBody>
      </glossentry>
</glossgroup>

Here is what I am coding in my ditamap file:

    <backmatter>
            <topicref href="common/acronyms.dita" />
            <booklists>
                  <indexlist/>
            </booklists>
      </backmatter>

Here is a sample of how I am placing the code in my text:

<li><term>Required SACS codes</term> are defined by the <term keyref="cde" />.
                                        Test: <abbreviated-form keyref="abs" />.
                                       They are the minimum set of SACS codes that your district
                                        <i>must</i> use to report accounting detail.
                                        All required SACS codes are available in Galaxy Web.
</li>

I have also tried several other things, like creating my glossary file with just one entry (not a glossgroup) and placing the reference to acronyms.dita inside the booklists element, but to no avail.

I have scoured your documentation and forums and cannot locate any information that will point me in the right direction. Would you please provide a link to your documentation that describes how to do this? Or, please explain what I am doing incorrectly.


Thank you,
Julie

Julie McHam
Technical Writer
Riverside County Office of Education
Division of Administration and Business Services
Information Technology Services
951-826-6800
FAX: 951-826-6451

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