Link whole article at once

Build 1501 on 14/Nov/2017  This topic last edited on: 17/Mar/2016, at 16:49

You can link whole article at once to the selected frames, automatically creating and linking the elements which are missing in the article.

Click to toggle expandLink whole article by dragging from Navigator onto selected frames

1.Create frames for all the elements you want to have in the article, and then select the appropriate types for all frames.

2.Ensure that all the frames are selected. Make sure the article is not checked in Ted4, otherwise, the linking will fail.

3.Drag an article from Navigator to page, over selected frames.

See also Prompt for format when linking whole article at once
Click to toggle expandLink whole article by dragging from Navigator with auto-layout

See Auto-layout for dragged article.
Click to toggle expandLink current article by selecting it in Fred
1.Make an article as current, as explained in Set an unlinked article as current.
2.Create frames for all the elements you want to have in the article, and then select the appropriate types for all frames.
3.Ensure that all the frames are selected and that the article is not checked in Ted4, otherwise, the linking will fail.
4.On the Articles menu, point to Link and then click Link to. Confirm if prompted.
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How Fred4 links elements to frames?

Elements of the article are linked to the frames of the same type. E.g., if the article contains an element of body type, and selected page objects were 3 frames of body type, the body element is linked to these frames.

What happens if the article contains more elements than the page selection?

The elements "in excess" are not linked. For example, the article contains the head element, the summary element, and the body element, but your selected frames on page were one of head type, and three of body type: the result is that the summary element is not linked.

What happens if the article contains less elements than the page selection?

The missing elements may be automatically created and linked. For example, the article contains only the body element, but your selected frames on page were one of head type, and three of body type: the result is that the head element is added and linked. This however depends on the user settings.

See also

Select frame type for the procedure of assigning type to a frame.

Adding elements to a linked article

Unlinking article and elements from article.