Building a glossary

And here I thought I was a good communicator--thanks for setting me straight, Ben .Here are the requirements I am trying to meet: Build a glossary page with a list of words that the end user can access from anywhere in the course from the course interface navigation bar. Once on the Glossary page a user should be able to click on any word in any sequence--multiple times while the glossary page remains open. Then close the page (see option 1 following) or (as in option 2) close the pop-up text window on the Glossary page and close the Glossary page).The first section Option 1)describes one option for building a glossary that I can't get to work. The second section (Option 2)describes an alternate soltion that I would ultimaly like to use because it is more economical in using the pop-up windows twice (once for the hypertext pop-up definition and again for the glossary. (In my courses all hypertext words are the same used in the glossary.)OPTION 1:This is what I am trying to build: A single page with a list of hypertexted words down the left side, let's say 10 words in a single coulmn. What I want to occur is when a user clicks a word, its definition appears on the same page on the right side of the screen--all words when clicked will occupy the same space on the screen.So far, I have been able to do this with one exception. It works as long as I click word 1 followed by word 2--or as long as I move down the list of words. However. let's say, upon first opening the Glossary page, I click word 5 first, I cannot click to open words 1 through 4. I don't know how to enable a user to click anyword in any sequence.OPTION 2:In my course, I use hypertext words in the main body of the course content. When I click on the word a pop-up window appears with the definition. This works fine now and I have no problems with this feature. What I am trying to build here is to have a single Glossary page with a column of words on the left side (identical to Option 1 above). When a word is clicked, the same window and definition I use for the hypertexted word pops up on the screen's right side.While I have been able to do this, the problem lies in closing the windows. Here is the sequence I have been able to build so far. From any page in the course I can select the Glossary button from the "navigation" (navigation meaning the user interface that appears on every page in the course that contains the following options: Exit, Back, Next, Glossary, Resources, and a Course Map--an index where the user can jump to any topic in the course.)OK, so let's say I am on the first page of lesson 1, topic three and I click on the Glossary button that opens the Glossary page. Next, I click a word, and the pop-up wind appears with the definition. Now, the Glossary page is open with a "Close" button set to "Back", and a pop up window with the "Close button set to....Well I've tried several things here and none work). I can't close the pop-up window when it is set to back. If I use the java script for "window close" it ends up closing both the pop-up and the Glossary page as well.Any help is appreciated,Ernie