Linking refined pages to the linking table

This section illustrates the different parts of the linking table, and describes the different ways of linking:

Linking table

On the Link tab of the Versioned Pages view, linking of refined pages to layers and versioned pages is represented in a table. Each layer is a column in the linking table, and each versioned page is a row in the linking table.
The following figure shows the parts of the table:

Figure 1. Parts of the linking table

When this guide refers to parts of the table, it is helpful to keep in mind that:

• Row = versioned page
• Column = layer
• Cell = one layer of a versioned page

Drag-and-drop

You can drag the selected refined pages and drop them in the appropriate cells on the Versioned Pages tab. You can drop pages into:

• A cell—drag one refined page to one cell.
• A column or a row—a continuous range of cells. To drop into a row, press the Ctrl key on a Windows computer (or Cmd on your Macintosh computer) while dropping.
  Note: If you drag a set of pages to an area that is too small to hold all of the selected pages, the extra pages are not linked.

• A column label—opens the Link to Layer dialog box, allowing you to select a noncontiguous range of cells within a column.
• A row label—opens the Link to Versioned Pages dialog box, allowing you to select a noncontiguous range of cells within a row.

Dropping onto row labels or column labels

Dragging-and-dropping onto a row or column label opens a dialog box, which allows you to link pages to a noncontiguous range and allows you to correctly drop pages into columns that have not been sorted alphabetically.
For example, if your layer columns are not in alphabetical order, refined pages that must be linked to different layers of a versioned page cannot be linked correctly using drag-and-drop because the pages are placed in alphabetical order. See the following table for an example of incorrect results when pages are dropped into a row.

Context menus

Instead of using drag-and-drop, you can use context menus, which are accessed by right-clicking in specific areas of the window. After selecting one or more refined pages, open a context menu by right-clicking in:

• A cell—with one page selected, allows you to Link (to a cell). With more than one page selected, allows you to Link Right (to a row), or Link Down (to a column).
• A column label—allows you to Link to <column>, and opens the Link to Layer dialog box.
• A row label—allows you to Link to <versioned page>, and opens the Link to Versioned Page dialog box. See the Link pages dialog box section below.
• A refined page—allows you to Link... (to a column or a row), and opens the Link Pages dialog box.

Versioning menu

After selecting one or more refined pages, instead of dragging-and-dropping or using context menus, you can use the Versioning menu, which is located on the menu bar.

Link pages dialog box

When using the Versioning menu to link, the Link Pages dialog box appears. In the Link Pages dialog box, you must choose to link selected pages to one of the following:

• One or more layers of a versioned page—linking to a row

  Versioned Page	Layer	Layer	Layer
  VP_1
  VP_2
  VP_3
  VP_4

• The same layer of one or more versioned pages—linking to a column

  Versioned Page	Layer	Layer	Layer
  VP_1
  VP_2
  VP_3
  VP_4