- Link a New Module
- Link a New Module
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- Using the Outline Editor, you can link a new module under any existing module or section document; however, you cannot link a module under a topic document. Linking a module creates a new document that is stored in the Library, as well as a new link between the module and its parent document.
- A module/section has the following default properties that you can change:
- : A descriptive name for the document.
- Name
- : The folder location in the Library where this document is stored. The default folder that appears depends on where you are when you create the new document, as follows:
- Location
- : The Language option allows you to choose the default dictionary that is used to check the spelling of a document's content.
- Language
- : The Template option allows you to select another folder of template files. The template sets included with the Developer are the Standard and Microsoft templates. The Microsoft template conforms to the standards as stated in the Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications. In addition to these templates, other template sets may be available to you. Alternate template sets are most useful when you are creating content for more than one application. Please contact Technical Support for more information on this option and its implementation.
- Template
- : The Glossary option allows you to choose the glossary to assign to the document. The glossary document is a document that lists the words you have assigned as glossary terms. After you have set up the glossary terms and their definitions, the Developer can automatically create the links to the terms found in any document text.
- Glossary
- : The Style Sheet option allows you to assign a style sheet to the document. The style sheet document contains the styles used to control the appearance of web page text, paragraphs, lists, tables, and images.
- Style Sheet
- : The Screen Resolution option allows you to determine the resolution in which the topic content is recorded. If authors attempt to record in a resolution other than the one listed in the Screen Resolution list box, a message box informs them that their resolution does not match the topic setting and indicates in what resolution they should record. While content authors are not prevented from recording in a different resolution if they choose, this option does help to create greater consistency in the content.
- Screen Resolution
- When you link a new module from the Outline Editor, the default properties from the parent document are automatically inherited until you change them.
- If you want all of the documents in a new outline to use the same glossary and style sheet, you should assign them to the root document of the outline. Then, all new documents that you create/link to the outline from the Outline Editor inherit the glossary and style sheet assignments; this includes indirect links such as web pages.
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- Check Out Parent Document
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- Check In and Check Out Documents
- To link a new module:
- Display the Outline Editor by opening the module or section for which you want to link a new module.
- Select the parent document to which you want link the new module.
- On the
- Link
- New Module
- Type a name for the new module.
- To change the folder in which the module is stored, type the folder path in the
- Location
- Browse
- OK
- Choose the properties for the new module.
- Click
- OK
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- : A module or section document appears with a purple or blue book only when the document has at least one linked child document such as a topic or another module or section. However, a module or section document with no linked child documents appears with a page icon such as
- Important Note about Module and Section Documents