Document Editing

Overview
Open a HTML Topic. Editing a topic page Right-click shortcut menu Document Views - switch to HTML code

Open a HTML Topic

In the Project Folder or Table of Contents dockable window,

Locate the topic file
Open the file using:
- Right-click > Open - or -
- Double-click

Tip
In many cases the shortest way to opening a file is via Backstage: File > Recent - assuming you had it open recently.

Editing a topic page

Editing a topic page is very similar to text editing using Word - assuming your Word version has a ribbon. Below are links to common editing topics:

adding hyperlinks and using Bookmarks
Set the style for a text block (e.g. H1).
Edit the paragraph for effects like alignment, ordered and unordered list.
Change Font, highlight, and other style effects.

Right-click shortcut menu

The shortcut menu gives access to the main editing actions in the current context. This is often faster than using the ribbon.

What appears on the menu depends on where the cursor is or what is currently selected. If you selected an Image, it will show picture editing actions, if you are in a table, table editing actions plus the normal editing actions. If you selected text, you will get the different Insert Hyperlink and Bookmark options, and Add to Index.

Tip
SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object or text)

Document Views

At the bottom of the Document Window are three tabs:

Design: the WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get) editing mode you work in by default
Code: lets you edit the underlying HTML code.
Preview: read only view showing what the average user will experience - give or take his browser type.

Creating Topic files