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Connecting to Contenta from Arbortext Editor

Before you can access the Contenta S1000D Arbortext Editor Plug-In menu items, you must have a connection to Contenta from the editor. In most cases, this connection is established when the editor is first launched.

About this task

To see if you have a connection to Contenta, select the Contenta menu in Arbortext Editor. If Contenta S1000D menu items such as Insert Reference..., Validate..., and the like are available, you are connected to Contenta.

If the first menu item is named Connect to Contenta... and the other menu items are grayed out, you are not connected to Contenta.

Follow this procedure to establish a connection to Contenta.

Procedure

  1. In the editor, select Contenta > Connect to Contenta....
    A popup dialog displays a Previously unable to connect to Contenta warning, and also displays your connection information.
  2. Select Connect.
  3. In the Editor, select the Contenta dropdown menu again.
    If the connection attempt was successful, the Connect to Contenta... menu item will be gone, and the other Contenta menu items will be available. If only the Connect to Contenta... menu item is available, the connection attempt failed.