Multi-user Considerations

• Before you can perform this action, you must check out the document. After you save any changes, you should check in the document to make it available to other authors and add the changes to the Developer's version control system. You need to check out only the package, not the parent document to which the package file is linked.
   
  If the package is not checked out, you will be prompted to check it out before proceeding. Click Yes to continue and edit the package. Click No to cancel the process and return to your starting point; the package does not open in read-only mode.

To edit a package file linked as a concept from the Outline Editor:

1. With the outline open in the Outline Editor, display the Player View.
    
2. Select the document for which you want to edit the linked concept package file.
    
3. In the Concept toolpane, click  Edit package.
    
   The package containing the linked file opens in a new tab for editing.
    
4. Double-click the file to open it in its native application, and edit the file as necessary.
    
5. Save the file and close the application.
    
6. Save and close the package.
    
   In the Outline Editor, the Concept pane refreshes, showing the changes to the concept package file.

To edit a package file linked as a concept from the Topic Editor:

1. With the topic open in the Topic Editor, on the View menu, point to Panes and choose Concept, if necessary.
    
2. Click  Edit package.
    
   When you do so, the Concept Properties dialog box closes, and the main Developer window becomes the active window, displaying the package containing the linked file in a new tab for editing.
    
3. Double-click the file to open it in its native application, and edit the file as necessary.
    
4. Save the file and close the application.
    
5. Save and close the package.
    
   You can preview the changes from the topic by reactivating the Topic Editor window and again displaying the Concept Properties dialog box as in step 2 above.

To edit a package file linked at the frame level:

1. With the topic open in the Topic Editor, navigate to the frame for which you want to edit the linked package file.
    
2. On the View menu, point to Panes and choose  Frame Link, if necessary.
    
3. In the list of linked attachments, select the row of the package file to be edited.
    
4. Click  Edit package.
    
   When you do so, the main Developer window becomes the active window, displaying the package containing the linked file in a new tab for editing.
    
5. Double-click the file to open it in its native application, and edit the file as necessary.
    
6. Save the file and close the application.
    
7. Save and close the package.

To edit a package file linked to bubble text:

1. With the topic open in the Topic Editor, navigate to the frame containing the bubble text for which you want to edit the linked package file.
    
2. In the Frame toolpane, click  Bubble text link.
    
3. Click  Edit package.
    
   When you do so, the Bubble Text Link Properties dialog box closes, and the main Developer window becomes the active window, displaying the package containing the linked file in a new tab for editing.
    
4. Double-click the file to open it in its native application, and edit the file as necessary.
    
5. Save the file and close the application.
    
6. Save and close the package.
    
   You can preview the changes from the topic by reactivating the Topic Editor window, selecting the appropriate bubble text, and again displaying the Bubble Text Link Properties dialog box as in step 3 above.