Editing a topic in an XML editor
Editing topics is the most common activity for an author. The easiest way to do it is by checking out the topic in an XML editor directly from Publication Manager.
Before you begin
- You opened a publication in Publication Manager, and this publication contains at least one topic that is not released.
- An Authoring Bridge has been installed and your favorite XML editor is set as default editor. This includes the SDL Tridion Docs menu in the editor's menu bar and opens your editor automatically from Publication Manager.
About this task
This task applies to changes you make to a version of a topic that is in a Draft status type. You can find more on object status in Updating a released topic.
Opening the topic from Publication Manager makes the content visible in your editor in a read-only state. To be able to edit the content, you need to check out the topic. This means that you lock the topic so that no one else can modify it at the same time.