Maps and Bookmaps
Adobe Experience Manager Guides’ Map Editor allows you to create and edit map files. Using the Map Editor, you can edit two types of files — DITA map and bookmap. For our purposes, consider these to be largely interchangeable concepts.
The Map Editor comes in two modes — the Basic Map Editor and the Advanced Map Editor.
Create a map
AEM Guides provides two out-of-the-box map templates — DITA map and bookmap. You can also create your own map templates and share those with your authors to create map files.
Perform the following steps to create a map file.
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In the Assets UI, navigate to the location where you want to create the map file.
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Click Create > DITA Map.
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On the Blueprint page, select the type of map templates you want to use and click Next.
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On the Properties page, enter a Title and Name for the map.
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Click Create.
Opening a map with the Advanced Map Editor
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In the Assets UI, select the map to be edited.
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Click Edit Topics.
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Hover the mouse over the map icon.
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Select Edit Topics from the Action menu.
Adding content to a map or bookmap
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Navigate to the Repository View.
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Drag and drop content from the Repository View into valid locations in the map or bookmap.
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Click in a valid location within the map or bookmap.
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Click the appropriate Toolbar Icon to add chapters, topics, or topicrefs.
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Choose one or more Assets you wish to add.
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Click Select.
Promote or demote elements in a map
Use Toolbar Arrows to promote or demote chapters and topicrefs in a map or bookmap.
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Select an element in the map.
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Click the Left Arrow to promote a topicref to a chapter, or the Right Arrow to demote a chapter to a topicref.
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Save and version the map if required.
Or
- Drag and drop elements to reorganize them.
Adding metadata to a map
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From the Map Toolbar, insert a topicgroup.
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Click the Plus Icon to insert elements.
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Choose elements to insert.
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Click Close.
Adding a reltable to a map
A reltable can be added after a map is structured.
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Click in the map where you want to insert the reltable.
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Use the Toolbar Icon to add the reltable to the map.
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Configure the dialog.
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Click Insert.
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Drag and drop required topics from the Repository into the reltable.
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Copy and paste required elements from the map into the reltable using standard keyboard shortcuts.
Assign attributes to topicrefs in a map
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Highlight a topicref or nested collection of topicrefs in the map.
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Under Other Attributes in the Content Properties panel, choose an Attribute and its Value.
