Insert elements in the editor

You can insert elements into the document you're editing using the toolbar and the right-click menus in the editing and Outline panes.

Use the following tables to see where you can access options for inserting elements.
Table 1. Elements you can insert from the toolbar
Element Toolbar Option
Image
Paragraph
Sections
Ordered Lists (and list items) ,
Unordered Lists (and list items) ,
Tables (rows, columns, join, split, and properties)
Links (cross reference, file, web, content reference and key reference)
IDs
Profiling attributes
Table 2. Elements you can insert from the right-click menu in the editing pane
Element Option
Table

(2 columns, 4 rows)

Image

(JPG , PNG , or BMP)

Equation
Note
Codeblock
Menu cascade

(To insert a series of menu choices using one or more user interface control <uicontrol> elements.) 

Definition list
Paragraph
Sections
Select from a list of all available elements
Table 3. Elements you can insert from the right-click menu in the Outline pane
Option Sub-options
Append child (element)... Offers a list of valid nodes, depending on the context, and appends your selection as a child of the currently selected node.
Insert before... Offers a list of valid nodes, depending on the context, and inserts your selection before the currently selected node, as a sibling.
Insert after... Offers a list of valid nodes, depending on the context, and inserts your selection after the currently selected node, as a sibling.