Working with collections

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In a Tópico publication, your topics are organized into collections. Collection properties, found in the collection tab, apply to the whole publication.

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Sub topics

Collection are created by adding topics in a tree structure, in which the first level under the root node becomes the top level me of the collection.

You can use the tree view to add, delete, reorder and re-parent the pages contained in your collection.

The Collection tab contains properties that apply to all the topics in the collection or target some options in the publishing process, like navigation links and breadcrumbs.

General properties affect how the published files are processed and produced. From deleting older published files to adding link extensions during the publishing process, the general tab is where these properties are set.

User interface properties affect the content of the output publication. Here you set the different options for the breadcrumbs, menu and navigation that should appear (or not) in your online publication.

Formatting and styling your topics into a web site is done through a publishing package. Some very basic packages are installed with %product_name%.

You can also publish your collection as one big document and select other publising options through the outputs publishing tab.

RSS is a family of xml file formats for web syndication used by news websites and weblogs. They are used to provide items containing short descriptions of web content together with a link to the full version of the content.

Microsoft® HTML Help is the standard help system for the Windows platform. Authors can use HTML Help to create online help for a software application or to create content for a multimedia title or Web site.

Microsoft® HTML Help is the standard help system for the Windows platform. Authors can use HTML Help to create online help for a software application or to create content for a multimedia title or Web site.

During the publishing process, it might become useful to run external programs or scripts. %product_name% can run external processes at different time during the publishing process.

When creating collections in multiple languages, you can toggle the current language easily through the main toolbar.

%product_name% makes it easy to backup your collection at any time. Saving only the source (text based) files, the images or the whole publication, inclusing the output HTML files.

Reporting is an important function in any management system. %product_name% provides a reporting interface that helps users searcing for images, reused content, scripts and other topic components.

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