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Saving a publication as a new publication

You can save a publication as a new publication when you want to create a variant of that publication. this may be desired, for example, if you want to change an aspect of the original such as a condition.

About this task

Scenario: You need a new document for a new generation product that is a significant upgrade to the old product. You want to start documenting by using the old, existing publication to which you plan to make many modifications and alternations. You know that the existing publication contains information and topics that you can use and that starting with the existing one is a more efficient way to begin documenting the new product.

Procedure

  1. In the Publication Manager, open the publication to be used as the basis for the new publication.
    1. Click Publication > Open...
      The tree view of the repository is displayed.
    2. Locate the folder in the repository that contains your publications and click on it.
    3. In the right pane of the window, select the publication you want to open.
    4. Click the Open button.
  2. Click Publication > Save As.
    If you have made changes, you are prompted to save the changes.
  3. Click Yes to save changes if prompted to do so.
  4. Select the location in the repository where the copy of the publication is to be located.
    Note that the container must be defined for storage of publication objects.
  5. Click Next in the lower right pane.
  6. Enter the Title of the new publication.
    Enter other information in the remaining fields as needed.
  7. Click OK.
    The new publication is opened in Publication Manager.
  8. Move, add, create, edit topics as needed for the new publication.

Results

The publication is saved as a new publication in the repository. Note:
  • The reference to the map is copied however, the map is not copied.
  • References to resource files are copied.
  • The content of the original baseline is copied into a new baseline.
  • The conditions are copied.
  • The publication output(s) and the status is set to To be Published.