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88 Getting Started With AuthorIT
Open the Book Object
Opening a Book as an object allows setting of specific attributes for Document,
Windows Help and HTML. The Book contents tab is displayed, which allows
modification of the content within the Book. The Book object is the default view when
creating a new Book and is primarily used when changing advanced settings, or
creating a Book Template.
Open in Book Editor
When the Book is opened with the Book Editor, only the contents of the Book are
visible. The tabs containing the advanced settings for the Document, Windows Help
and HTML are hidden. However, there is a second pane (on the right) which is a
Topic Editor. This view is best for creating content. It is the main editing screen in
which most of the authoring work is done.
Examine the Book Object
1) Right‐click the new Book, then choose Open the Book Object from the shortcut
menu.
2) Move through the tabs and add information in the Super title, Sub title, Version
and By fields.
3) Choose OK to save and close the Book.
Note: The Apply button will save the changes, the OK button will save the changes
and close the object. This works for all windows where you see these buttons.
Create a New Topic
We are going to create a new Topic, from scratch. When we create this Topic, we want
it in the Notepad Folder we created earlier.
To create a New Topic
1) In the Tutorial01 folder, right‐click on the Tutorial01 Book, then choose Open in
Book Editor from the shortcut menu.
2) Choose the Notepad folder we created earlier. New objects are created in the
current Folder, so we want the Notepad folder to be our current folder.
3) From the book contents, choose the Standard Table of Contents object. New
objects are added in the Book Contents immediately below the selected object, we
want our new Topic to be added immediately after the table of contents.