Creating a topic template
Having a topic template can ease the process of creating new topics by providing a framework to build on. Using topic templates can also help to ensure consistency throughout your help project.
To create a topic template
- Create an HTML file and add the sample text, fields, tables, forms, and other design elements that all the files of this type should contain.
- Add boilerplate text to make it easy to identify each element.
Notes
- To get a better idea of how a topic template might look, you can view the topic templates.
- You can reduce the time it takes to create individual help files or Web pages by distributing a template to all the authors working on a help system or Web site.
