Add a topic that doesn't exist yet to a map

When you're organizing topics into a map's hierarchy, you can add references to topics that you know you need but haven't created yet.

To add a topic that doesn't exist yet:

Click Components.
On the Folders pane, navigate to the map that you want to update.
On the Components pane, right-click the map component and then select Edit...
In the map content pane, place your cursor where you want to insert a reference.
By default, you see a Display mode of Topic titles.
- You can go to the toolbar and select the Display mode option to change the view.
- If you select View Topic References and leave it on that mode when you save or close the map, the next time you open it, all the references in the map are expanded for you.
- If you select View Topic Content and leave it on that mode when you save or close the map, the next time you open it all the references in the map are collapsed due to memory and performance concerns.
To add a reference to a new topic you'll create, do one of the following:
- To add a topic at the same level (as a sibling node), right-click the Map element, and then select Insert after, Topic Reference, and New.
- To add a topic underneath and indented to the right (as a child node), right-click the Map element, and then select Append child, Topic Reference, and New.
On the Create Component dialog, in Target Folder, the folder where the map is located is shown. If you want to change this, use the drop down arrow to select a new folder.
On Available Templates, select what type of structure your content needs.
On New Component Name, enter a title for the component in 100 characters or less.
On the Create Component dialog, click Create.
Repeat steps 4-9 to create more new topics and add them to the map.
In the toolbar, do one of the following:
- To save your changes locally and keep working, click Save .
- To save your changes to the database and close the map, click Save and Submit.