You can reuse an element (text, table, or graphic) from another topic. For example, you might want to reuse a p, step, cmd, or ul element.
Before you begin
Add an ID to the element that you want to reuse if not already added.
Procedure
Check out the topic in which you want to insert the reused element.
Place the cursor where you want to insert the reused element.
Do not insert the element that you want to reuse. However, you must insert any required parent elements. For example, to reuse a list item, you must insert a list element. To insert a cite element, your cursor must be in a p tag.
In Oxygen XML Author, click SDL Tridion Docs > Conref > Insert conref.
In the Reuse Content dialog box, browse to and select the topic from which you want to reuse content.
The Reuse Content dialog box displays the list of elements, IDs, content set for reuse, and preview of the content.
Select the reusable content and click Insert and close.
To reuse a table row:
Place the cursor in the location where you want the reused row, before or after a row element.
Do not add a row and place the cursor in that row.
Complete Step 3 through Step 8 to select the row to reuse.
To reuse a table cell, you must enter the topic and element ID for the element that you want to reuse:
Get the ID of the element that you want to reuse and the topic the element is present.
You can open the topic, select or double-click the root element to open the attributes, and copy the entry from the id field to get the topic ID. To get the element ID, select or double-click the element and copy the entry from the id field.
Place the cursor in the empty cell element where you want to insert the conref.
In the Attributes window, select the conref field and enter the ID of the topic and element in the following form: topic id#topic id/element id
For example, GUID-2057F68D-0BA1-4E58-B13A-26A4BE2B51F6#GUID-2057F68D-0BA1-4E58-B13A-26A4BE2B51F6/MONITORSPECS
where GUID-2057F68D-0BA1-4E58-B13A-26A4BE2B51F6 is the topic ID and MONITORSPECS is the element ID.
