Transforming an element from one type to another

Background

Starting point

The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:

You have logged into Skribenta.
You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
A content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.
You have browsed to and opened the file in the Workspace view or the Publications view.
You have created an element, for example, a paragraph or an ordered or unordered list.

Your need

You need to transform content in your file.

The possibility

It is possible to change an element from one type to another. This is called to transform the element. The content of the element is not affected by the transformation.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to transform content.

The result

This is the content before transforming a paragraph:

This is the content after transforming a paragraph to an ordered list:

In the shown images, the XML tags are visible. To show XML tags, see Turning XML element tags on or off.

Overall steps

Open the file, then transform content in the file.

Time

Less than 1 minute

Procedure

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1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. In your file content, right-click the element you want to transform.

A pop-up list opens.

3. In the pop-up list, select the icon of the element that you want to transform.

A toolbar opens.

4. On the toolbar, click Transform.

If the element can not be transformed, there is no Transform button available on the toolbar.

The Transform toolbar opens.

5. On the Transform toolbar, click one of the buttons to transform the element.

The element is transformed accordingly.