Outline Editor - Link a New Section with Package


After completing this topic, you will be able to link a new section and package as a concept in the Outline Editor.


Steps:

  1. Select the parent document to which you want to link a new section.

     

    Click the Document Basics module.

    Step 1
  2. Insert a new section linked to a new package.

     

    Click the Link menu.

    Step 2
  3. Click the New Section with Package command.

    Step 3
  4. The Create New Section with Package wizard opens.

     

    Click the Next > button.

    Step 4
  5. Enter the desired information into the Name field. Enter "Document Security".

    Step 5

  6. Click the Next > button.

    Step 6
  7. Add the files or folders you want to include in the package.

     

    Click the Add Files button.

    Step 7
  8. We have browsed to the folder containing the package files.

    Step 8

  9. The video clip Hippa.wmv launches from an html file, which plays the clip directly in a player in the Concept pane. Video files that link directly to a concept do not play in the Concept pane, but launch a player application instead, such as Windows Media Player.

     

    You will add the video clip and the html file that launches it to the package.

    Step 9

  10. Click the Hippa.wmv file.

    Step 10
  11. Press the [Ctrl] key and click the Hippa_Video Presentation.html file.

    Step 11
  12. Click the Open button.

    Step 12
  13. The Wizard shows the files you selected for the package.

     

    Click the Next > button.

    Step 13

  14. Notice that the new package is named after the section name with the word "Link" appended to the name.

     

    You can change the package name and folder location in the Name field, or use the Browse button to save the package file to another folder.

    Step 14
  15. Accept the default name and location of the package.

     

    Click the Next > button.

    Step 15
  16. If you added more than one file, this wizard page lets you select the file to link.

     

    Click the Hippa_Video Presentation.html file.

    Step 16
  17. Click the Finish button.

    Step 17

  18. The video file appears in the Concept pane and starts playing.

    Step 18

After completing this topic, you are able to link a new section and package as a concept in the Outline Editor.

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