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Edit View Features

Contributor Editor is where you manage your contribution assignments. If you activate the Edit Mode, it has a wide range of features for editing content and adding comments. If not activated, the Contributor Editor will only work as Review View, which means that you can only provide feedback comments.

Screenshot of the Edit View with labels, numbered from 1 to 11 for each part of the user interface.

  1. Structure - Collapsible view of the structure of the document. For publications, this is similar to a table of contents.

  2. Hierarchical structure (TOC) of the document. For publications, the "chapters" are numbered to make it easier for reviewers to communicate with contributors and authors about specific sections of the content.

  3. Chapter numbering in the document. These correspond to the numbering in the structure.

  4. Contributor Editor Toolbar - You display it by selecting any part of the text, see Edit Content in Edit View.

    Edit View and Suggest View toolbar. It has many options for accessing a wide range of editing features.

  5. Content Editor - This is where you add and edit content.

  6. Finish assignment icon. It is a blue square with a white clipboard on it. The clipboard has a white checkmark on it. Assignment button - Use it to end the contribution assignment by setting it to Done or Needs Work.

  7. View selector - It shows which view you are looking at. If you have an appropriate license, you can use it to switch between the different views.

  8. Cog icon. Settings - This is where you find the following functions: Compare versions, Create snapshot, Profile settings, Share document and Publish document. The publishing option is only available to Paligo authors. You can compare content to previous versions called "snapshots". To find out more, see Compare Contributions.

  9. Blue speech bubble icon Comments sidebar - This is where you can see comments made by other users, make your own comments, and reply to other users. To find out more about using comments, see Add Comments in Edit View.

  10. Three cogs icon for variables. Variables - These are words or phrases that can change in different scenarios. You cannot edit these as a contributor, but you can use the profile settings dialog to apply their values.

  11. Funnel icon for profiling and filtering. Profile Settings - This is where you can select favorites, variables, profiling and options. If the content contains filters and / or variables, you should choose the profile set for the contribution. The person who sends you the contribution assignment should tell you which set you should use and you can select it from the Favorites tab.

Note

If you have a Paligo author license, there are some extra options available to you. Position the cursor over the content of a topic and the Edit View shows a hover menu, with these options:

Close up of context menu that appears when you hover the cursor over a topic in Edit View.

You can also toggle the main Paligo editor's Content Manager, by selecting the arrow icon at the top, next to the Dashboard option in the menu.

Close up of menu at top of editor. There is a gray circle with an arrow icon inside it. The circle is highlighted by a callout box.
Close up of top of editor. The icon for opening and closing the Content Manager is highlighted. The Content Manager is visible in a sidepanel on the left part of the screen.

Contributor Editor Toolbar

The Contributor Editor Toolbar is not as advanced as the one in the full Paligo Editor, but has the necessary options for adding structure (such as sections, lists and tables), inline styling and adding images and videos.

Edit View and Suggest View toolbar. It has many options for accessing a wide range of editing features.

Note

To display the Assignments Panel, select Dashboard in the top menu.