DITA 1.0 and DITA 1.1 documents can easily be created in Serna by means of ready-made document templates.
To create a DITA document, take the following steps:
To call up the
New Document Dialog, choose , or click the
New Document button on the toolbar, or press
Ctrl-N.
From the Category list, select DITA 1.0 or DITA 1.1.
Figure 1. DITA 1.1 Category selected in the New Document Dialog.
From the Template list, select one of the document templates:
Figure 2. DITA 1.1 Task Template selected in the New Document Dialog.
In the File Name field, enter the filename. You can use the Browse button to specify the file location.
Maps and Bookmaps must have the *.ditamap extension to be published best.
A document of the selected type will be created. It will have some pre-defined content including the root element.