You may want to manage your DITA maps in a number of ways. For instance, you may want:
- to change the order and nesting of topics in a map
- to add or remove topics from the map
- to add keys to the topics in the map
- to add profiling (conditions) to the items in the map
- to change other properties of the items in the map
Changing the Order and Nesting of Topics in a Map
You can change the order and nesting of the topics in a map in several ways:
- By dragging and dropping topics within the DITA Maps Manager
- By highlighting a topic in the DITA Maps Manager, holding down
the Alt key, and pressing the arrow keys
- By showing the extended DITA Maps Manager toolbar (press the
settings icon
on the
DITA Maps Manager toolbar and select the extended toolbar) and
then using the arrow keys on the toolbar to move topics around on the map
Add and Remove Topics from a Map
You can
add or remove topics from a map in a
number of ways. Some ways to remove a topic from a map include:
- Highlight the topic and press Delete
- Highlight the topic and click the Delete button
on the DITA Maps
Manager extended toolbar
Add Keys to Topic in a Map
You can add keys to topics in a map by
right-clicking on an item in the map and choosing Edit
Properties....
Profiling Sections of a Map
You can profile (make conditional) any section of a map by adding one or more profiling attributes to the topics in a map. In the
hierarchical structure of a map, any profiling applied to a topic that has children applies
to those children as well. You cannot include a child topic if its parent topic is
excluded.