When you're working in a book you'll spend most of your time working in the Edit tab. The tab contains the commands for creating, formatting, and working with content.
In addition to these commands, the Format command group contains a
Save
| Save Topic | Saves the open topic. |
Clipboard
| Cut | Cuts the selected content from the topic and copies it to the clipboard. |
| Copy | Copies the selected content from the topic to the clipboard. |
| Paste | Pastes the content from the clipboard into the topic. Select the paste option from the sub menu. |
Format
| Paragraph Markers | Toggle command to show or hide the paragraph markers, tabs, line breaks, and end of cell control characters in the topic. |
| Change Case | Changes the case of the selected text. Continue to select the command to change between sentence, upper, and lower case. |
Insert
| Insert Non-breaking Hyphen | Inserts a non-breaking hyphen at the cursor location. |
| Insert Non-breaking Space | Inserts a non-breaking space at the cursor location. |
| Insert File Object | Used to insert an existing File object into the topic at the selected location. |
| Insert Symbol | Opens the Insert Symbol window so you can select and insert a symbol into the topic. |
| Insert Hyperlink | Opens the Select Hyperlink window. Select an existing Hyperlink object, or create a new link. |
| Insert Picture | Opens a new File object so you can insert a new picture at the selected location in the topic. |
| Insert from Thumbnails | Opens the Insert from Thumbnail window. Select a folder to display its File objects as thumbnails, then select the File object you want to insert into the topic. |
Table
| Insert Table | Inserts a table at the selected location. Drag the cursor over the table window to select the number of columns and rows in the table, or select a Quick Table. Use the Layout tab to modify the table. |
Xtend
| Advanced Search | Opens the Xtend Advance Search window used to locate fragments in a specific folder or release state. |
| Highlighting | Displays the Xtend fragment reuse highlighting in the topic content. |
Variable
| Variables | Lets you view the variable list, insert a variable, and assign a new value to a variable. Select the option from the sub menu. |
Assign
| Templates | Assign or change the template used by the topic. You can also multi-select objects in the book contents and change the template. |
| Release State | Assign a release state or change the release state currently assigned to the topic. You can also multi-select objects in the book contents and change the release state. |
Variants
| Create New Variant | Create a new variant for the selected object. Opens the Create Variant window so you can assign the criteria to the new object. The variant is stored in the same folder as the primary object. |
| Convert to Variant | Convert the selected object to a variant of another object, or add criteria to the selected object. Opens the Convert to Variant window. |
| Filter | Used to filter the book objects. Show all objects, select locales, select pre-saved favorite filters, or open the custom window to make a new selection. |
