Create an Informal Topic
The Informal topic makes it possible to reuse a collection of elements. For example, if you want to reuse a paragraph and an image together, they can be combined in an informal topic.
An informal topic is not a standalone component like a regular topic and must therefore be part of another component or topic. This means you can combine informal topics as "children" inside a "parent" informal topic. You can reuse the informal topic in as many regular topics as needed.
To preview an informal topic, you have to insert it into a regular topic, see Insert Component.
Tip
Use the role attribute called reuse-range to reuse procedure steps or list items, see Reuse a Sequence of List Items.
Watch this video or read the instructions below.
To create an informal topic:
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Select the Dotted Menu (...) for the folder where the informal topic is to be stored.
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Select Create Content.
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Enter a name for the informal topic.
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Select the checkbox for Informal topic.
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Choose the Language(s) to support.
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Select the checkbox Open in editor.
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Select OK.
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Add your content the same way that you add content to a regular topic.
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Select Save.
The informal topic is now ready to be inserted in regular topics.