Creating new topics

Before you create a new topic, do the following:

To add a new topic:

  1. Click the Project tab.

  2. Open the HTML Files (Topics) folder and select the custom folder.

  3. Click New Topic .

  4. In Topic Title, type the title.

    By default, the topic's file name is based on the title.

  5. To use a different file name, change the text in File Name.

  1. Click OK. The new topic is created and opens in the WYSIWYG Editor so you can start working with it.

Note: You can create new topics using a different HTML editor if it's installed on your computer. For more information, see Adding or changing HTML editors.

Tip: You can click other tabs from the Create Topic Wizard dialog to set up properties for the topic including keywords, ALink names, appearance attributes, status, and build tags.