UML Designer User's Guide

Editing a Publication element

To edit the contents of a Publication element, double-click on the element in the Relationships Browser. (You can do this with any Publication element, whether created manually or automatically.) A Focus browser opens showing you the contents of the publication.
Focus browser on Publication

The top pane of the Focus browser shows the hierarchical structure of the publication. Each entry in the top pane is a Topic element, and their arrangement reflects the organization of the finished document. (If the publication is a new one you created manually, it contains only a single top-level topic representing the publication as a whole.)

If a topic has subtopics, a plus sign (+) appears to the left of the topic in the list. To see the subtopics, click on the + to expand the list. Click on the minus sign (-) to collapse the list.

The bottom pane shows the hypertext contents of the selected topic. This is the text that will appear in the formatted output; it can also contain links to other model elements, which will be resolved in the final document.

Adding and removing topics

To add a topic to the publication, follow these steps:

  1. Select the topic you want to add a subtopic to. (For a top-level document division, select the topic representing the publication as a whole.)
  2. Select New>Topic from the pop-up menu.
  3. When prompted, specify the name you want to give the new topic.
  4. Select OK or press Enter.

The new topic appears in the browser (you might need to click on + to see the subtopics).

To remove a topic, select the topic you want to remove and then select Delete from the pop-up menu.

Reordering topics

There are several ways you can change the order and placement of topics in a publication.

Editing text

To add text to a topic, select the Topic element in the Focus browser and type the text in the hypertext pane. Any text you enter will be included in the published document.

In addition, you can include links to model elements, which will cause them to be included in the publication. There are two kinds of links:


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