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Reuse Forks in Different Publications

You can reuse parts of a publication's structure in other publications. This will help you to save time when creating new publications that are similar to existing ones. It will also reduce the amount of work needed when updating your publications.

To share the publication structure, you reuse the Forks. These are the references from a publication to the topics that contain the content.

When you reuse forks, there is an "origin" publication, where the original forks were made and there is the "target" publication where they are reused. In the target publication, reused forks are shown with a reuse symbol Reused_Fork_symbol.png and you can only see the top-level fork. You cannot expand the fork to reveal any lower-level reused forks inside it.

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You can select a topic fork (origin publication) and reuse it in a different publication (target publication).

To reuse forks in different publications:

  1. Select the target publication in the Content Manager to open its structure. Publication.png

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  2. Expand the origin publication in the Content Manager.

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    The number to the right of a fork represents the number of forks included.

  3. Hold down Shift and then drag-and-drop the fork you want to reuse into the target publication structure.

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    The fork will appear at the bottom of the publication structure.

  4. Select the fork and use the arrow buttons to move it to a position of your choice in the structure.

    Arrow buttons used to change position of content forks in publication structure.
  5. Select Save to confirm the publication changes. Save_Publication.jpg