The Manage Topics group contains all the main functions for creating topics and manipulating them in the Table of Contents (TOC) and Project Files sections of the Project Explorer.
Several of the options in this menu already have keyboard shortcuts. You can assign shortcuts to the other options yourself in View > Program Options > Shortcuts.
Topic group options:
Name changes depending on whether you are in the TOC or Project Files. •Create new topics, chapters and topic files. •Delete topics, chapters and topic files |
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Explore |
•Expand and collapse branches in the Project Explorer •Filter Explorer display by build options •Disable Drag & Drop in Explorer to prevent accidental editing •Open selected topics in a new tab |
Change: |
•Set build options for topics and chapters •Change the item status (colored highlight in the TOC) •Change the icon displayed for the item (not supported in all output formats) •Convert a topic to a chapter without text and vice-versa |
Find: |
•Locate topics by ID and help context numbers •Locate topics containing links to the current topic |
File: |
•Load topics from external XML file, and from RTF, RVF, HTML , Markdown and TXT files •Save topics as XML files or reusable snippets (text blocks in external files). •Reload (refresh) the current topic, for example to display updated images. |
•Move selected topics around in the TOC (up/down) •Promote and demote topics in the TOC (left/right) •Edit topic caption •Print topic |
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