Editing the Content in a Contribution Region

As a contributor, you browse to a web page containing a contribution region (or regions), enter a combination of keystrokes to switch to contribution mode, and then click the contribution graphic beside each contribution region to edit that content. When you edit the content in a contribution region, you are editing the file (contributor data file or native document) associated with that contribution region.

To edit the content in a contribution region, perform these tasks:

1. Open the web page to edit (a page containing one or more contribution regions).

2. Enter the required keyboard command to view the page in contribution mode (see Contribution Mode). The default is Ctrl+Shift+F5, but your site designer or manager may have changed this.

   
   

   Note: Contact your site administrator if you are not sure what key combination to use to activate contribution mode.

   
   

3. Enter your login credentials (if prompted) to log onto the site as a contributor.

   The page displays in contribution mode.

4. Click the edit icon (shown with a pencil) in the contribution graphic beside the contribution region to edit. Either of two things will happen:

   • If a contributor data file is assigned to the contribution region, the Contributor editor opens (see Contributor Editor Window).

   • If a native document is assigned to the contribution region, a third-party application opens (for example, Microsoft Word for .doc files).

   You can also click the menu icon and choose Edit.

   
   

   Note: The edit features in the contribution graphic will not available if there is no contributor data file or native document currently assigned to the contribution region (see Assigning Content to a Contribution Region).

   
   

5. Edit the content in its respective application. If you are editing in Contributor, you can use the toolbars to modify the content (see Element Toolbars). You can also use right-click menus in the editing area to see context-specific options.