Creating Topics

You can create topics that contain the text you want to deliver. You can use any topic you create in any number of document maps. You can also manage the revisions of topics, for more information, see Working with Revisions.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Document Topics
Toolbar
Menus and Actions

Create a Topic in a Map

You create topics in the context of a document map. After saving a topic, you can later remove it from the document map.

  1. Do one of the following:
    • In the map toolbar, click Insert Topic.
    • Right-click the root of the map and select Insert Topic, then New Topic.
    • Right-click a topic in the map and select the Insert Topic option for where you want to add the topic, then select New Topic.
  2. In the field in the map editor, enter a title for the topic and press Enter.

    If you selected the map, the topic is added at the bottom of any first-level topics. If you selected an existing topic, the new topic is added indented after the selected topic.

    The app loads an empty topic in the topic editor, showing the topic title. To edit the title, use the topic editor.
  3. In the topic editor, add content as required.

    For more information, see Adding Topic Content.

  4. Click Save .

    You do not enter a file name when saving topics. The app uses an internal, unique naming convention to store the topic, and uses the title when searching for topics. Titles are not unique and you could have multiple topics with the same title, however, each topic has a unique internal identifier so one topic cannot overwrite another.

After creating and saving a topic, you can add it to any number of maps. You can open the topic to edit it, if someone else does not have it locked, using any of the provided tools.

Create an Independent Topic

You can create an independent topic before attaching it to any document map.

  1. Do one of the following:
    • In the Start a New Activity section of the home page, click New Topic.
    • For a repository where the Access Your Content filters display no objects, click Create new Topic in the main view.
  2. Enter a title for the topic and press Enter.
    The app loads an empty topic in the topic editor, showing the topic title. To edit the title, use the topic editor.
  3. In the topic editor, add content as required.

    You can also save the topic and add more content later.

    For more information, see Adding Topic Content.

  4. Click .

    You do not enter a file name when saving topics. The app uses an internal, unique naming convention to store the topic, and uses the title when searching for topics. Titles are not unique and you could have multiple topics with the same title, however, each topic has a unique internal identifier so one topic cannot overwrite another.

After creating and saving a topic, you can add it to any number of maps. You can open the topic to edit it, if someone else does not have it locked, using any of the provided tools.