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.
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.
To add a topic to the publication, follow these steps:
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.
There are several ways you can change the order and placement of topics in a publication.
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:
In an RTF document, a reference link causes the name of the element to appear in the topic text, and a separate topic containing the element text is automatically included.
Reference links are useful in situations where multiple topics refer to the same element. This can avoid unnecessary duplication of text, since all of the links will point to the same topic.