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Editing a Component in Content Manager Explorer

You can edit a Component to modify the content of the Component.

Before you begin

To edit a Component, you must have Component Management rights and Write permissions.

It is not possible to edit a Component if the following conditions apply:

  • The Component is shared from another Publication
  • A different user already checked out the Component
  • The Content Manager assigned the Component to a different user through a Workflow Process

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the Publication and Folder that contains the Component you want to edit.
  2. To open the Component, select the Component in the list view and click Open on the Home tab of the ribbon.
  3. Edit the fields in the Component as required. (See Component field types for more information about the different field types).
  4. Click Save and close in the Home tab of the ribbon.
  5. Depending on the item's schema, Content Manager Explorer may prompt you to add the item to a Bundle so that it can enter a workflow. You can choose to skip this step, but until you add it to a Bundle, your changes will not be checked in.

Results

The Content Manager saves a modified version of the Component. Any of the following items that use the Component will now use the modified version of the Component:

  • Pages
  • Component Links in other Components
  • Child Publications that share from this Publication