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Edit an Item

When you have created a Category, Topic, Document or Comment, you edit the text within it using the Team Document editor. This is based on the Document editor, which is used to edit report documents and Linked Documents throughout Enterprise Architect.

You can also change the name of the item by selecting it, pressing F2 and typing the new name.

Access

Open the Library window using one of the methods outlined here, then double-click an item or select the item and press the Enter key, to open the Team Document editor.

Ribbon

Start > Collaborate > Model Library

Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl+Alt+U

Option Descriptions

The editor menu option descriptions are grouped according to the actions you are performing.

Actions

See also

Creating and importing documents

File Control

Configuring the editor page display and formatting tools shown

Editor Display Options

Incorporating stylesheets, special texts and Tables of Contents

Managing the base styles in the Normal.rtf style template file

Styles, Special Text and Table of Contents The Normal.rtf Style Template

Moving through, searching and selecting text

Scroll, Search and Select Text

Formatting characters and text strings

Format Text

Formatting paragraphs and text blocks

Format Paragraphs

Inserting tab points

Set Tabs

Inserting sections, columns and page breaks, and repaginating

Define Document Sections

Inserting and editing page headers and footers, and footnotes and endnotes

Insert Headers, Footers, Footnotes and Endnotes

Inserting tables

Create Tables

Inserting hyperlinks and bookmarks (including using the 'New', 'Link to Existing Element' and 'Hyperlink' options on the 'Create' context menu)

Insert Hyperlinks Add Object Links Hyperlink Target Objects Create Element From Document Hyperlink From Linked Document

Inserting images, OLE objects, frames and drawing objects

Insert Images, Objects and Frames

Printer set up and printing documents

Check spelling and use of terms

Checking Text

Tracking, accepting and rejecting changes to the text

Track Changes

Protecting document text from accidental change

Protect Document Contents

Create and refer to definitions of Glossary terms in the Project Glossary (using the 'Create | Glossary Definition' context menu option)

Project Glossary View

Notes

  • To undo one or more immediately previous edits, press Ctrl+Z, or select the 'Layout > Diagram > Undo' ribbon option; you can still undo a change even after you have saved the change
  • To redo one or more immediately previous undone edits, press Ctrl+Y, or select the 'Layout > Diagram > Redo' ribbon option