Creating and Working with Content

The Content pane of the Attributes page lets you:

• Add, modify, rename or delete object-owned symbols. Object-owned means that the symbol exists only for that particular object. Note that object-owned symbols are propagated to child objects.

• Link the object to content (symbols, layouts, External Content) in the Graphic Toolbox. This is shared content, that can be linked to multiple objects. Links to content are propagated to child objects.

• View content inherited from parent templates. However, you cannot add, modify, or delete inherited content. To edit an inherited content item, you must check out and edit the derived template that owns the content.

You must have the derived template or object instance checked out in order to add, modify, or delete content associated with the object; otherwise, the content is read-only and you can only view it.

You can only add content to derived templates or instances, not to a base template.

To add or link to content:

Linked content can be a symbol, an external content item, or a layout.

• To link to a content item in the Graphic Toolbox to the object, select the Link Content button. This opens the Galaxy Browser. Then, select the symbol, layout, or External Content item to be linked to the object. Linked content can be shared by multiple objects. Relative references within the linked content will resolve correctly.

• To create an object-owned symbol, select the Add Content button.

• To edit an owned-symbol, select the symbol and click the Edit button.

  Note: If you edit a linked symbol, layout or other shared content, the changes will appear in all objects that link to that content.