Insert a Direct Content Reference

You can use the same content in multiple topics by inserting a DITA content reference to that content. The following steps describe the procedure of inserting a DITA content reference:
  1. Position your caret inside the element that you want to reference and in the Attributes view enter a value in the ID field.
    In case you want to reuse just a part of the content of an element, select the content with your cursor, press Enter and in the proposals list select ph. This encapsulates your content inside a phrase(<ph>) element, allowing you to set an ID and then reference it.
  2. Open the topic where you want to insert the reference to this element.
  3. Click Insert a DITA Content Reference on the main toolbar.
    The Insert Content Reference dialog box is displayed.
  4. In the Insert Content Reference dialog box, from the URL field, navigate to the topic that holds the element you want to reference.
    In the Target ID section of the Insert Content Reference dialog box, Oxygen XML Editor presents the elements that you can reference.
  5. Click the ID of the element you want to reference, then click OK.
    In case you select an interval of elements, the Conrefend field is filled with the id value of the element that ends the selected interval.
    A reference to the selected element is inserted at the caret position.
  1. The Insert Content Reference Dialog
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