Enabling and disabling automatic element IDs
The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:
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You have logged into Skribenta.
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You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
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You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
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A content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.
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You have browsed to and opened the file in the Workspace view or the Publications view.
You need to put element IDs on elements in your file content to be able to create links to the elements.
It is possible to let Skribenta generate element IDs automatically on certain elements (maintitle, section, table, figure wrapper and block wrapper), in content files and configuration files.
This instruction tells you how to generate element IDs automatically on elements in your content.
This is the content before generating element IDs automatically:
This is the content after generating element IDs automatically:
In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.
Open the file, then make a setting in the document element to automatically generate element IDs on elements in your file content.
Less than 1 minute
Procedure
In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.
1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.
A pop-up list opens.
The document toolbar opens.
The Options tab opens.
6. Click Apply.
Element IDs are automatically generated and are shown to the right of certain elements.
Automatic element IDs are set on the following elements:
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maintitle
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section
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table
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block wrapper
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figure wrapper
To disable automatic element IDs, clear the Automatic ids checkbox.
Already generated element IDs are not removed.