Moving topics and maps around inside a publication
Your publications are changing a lot through time, and you will often have to move the content around inside it. Knowing a few simple rules will help you predict the result of your actions.
About this task
When you grab a topic and move it in the left-hand pane of Publication Manager, the interface tells you where it is going to be moved. When you drag a map, the content of the map moves with it. When you drag a topic, the children of the topic move with it.
When you move a topic within a map, the default action is Move. When the topic is moved from one map to another, the action automatically becomes Copy, meaning that the topic will then be duplicated in the publication. You can change the default actions by pressing the CTRL key (changes a Move into a Copy) or the SHIFT key (changes a Copy into a Move) while dropping the object.
Procedure
- In Publication Manager, check out the map you will work in: Right-click that map's name and select Check Out from the menu.
- Drag the topic or map you want to move and locate the point of insertion by choosing one of the available options.
- Under a topic or a map: the object name is highlighted.
Example: The moved object will end up as child of Event Viewer.
- At the same level as the topic or the map: the blue line starts at the icon of the chosen level's object.
Example: The moved object will end up as sibling of Event Viewer.
- At the same level as the parent topic or map: the blue line starts at the icon of the object one level higher.
Example: The moved object will end up as sibling of Project Navigator toolbar menus.
- Under a topic or a map: the object name is highlighted.
- Drop the topic or map.
- Check in the map where changes have been made by right-clicking the map's name in the Publication Manager left-hand pane and selecting Check In. Close the workflow dialog that pops open by selecting OK.
- Save the publication by using the Save icon in the top left tool bar.