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Create Linked Document on UML Element
If you need to provide more extensive and structured documentation on an element, you can develop this as a formatted RTF document directly linked to the element. You can develop the document from a blank page or using a system template or user-defined template, at several different points in the work area.
Access Click on an element in the Project Browser, Diagram List, Package Browser, Model Search or diagram, and either:
Right-click | (Create) Linked Document
Ctrl+Alt+D
Element | Linked Document
View | Notes: 
in toolbar, OR
Right-click | Properties > General: in Notes field toolbar
Create a linked document
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A default blank-page document opens in the Linked Document Editor, based on the Normal.rtf style template. The New Linked Document from Template dialog might display, depending on whether you have previously selected the Show this dialog on document creation checkbox. In this case, go to step 3.
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If you do not want to apply a system template or user-defined template, go to step 6. If you do want to base the document on a selected template, click on the The New Linked Document from Template dialog displays.
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In the Template field, click on the drop-down arrow and select the template from which to create the document. This can be either a system-supplied template or a template that you have previously created yourself.
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If you want to display the New Linked Document from Template dialog by default whenever you start to create a linked document, select the Show this dialog on document creation checkbox. If you no longer want to display the dialog by default, deselect the checkbox.
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Click on the OK button. The new linked document opens in the Linked Document Editor. If you have based the document on a selected template, the document shows the content applied by the template.
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Enter and format the text of the document, using the facilities of the Linked Document Editor.
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Notes
| • | You can create only one linked document on an element; if you need to create more, develop each document within its own Document Artifact element and link these to the model element |
| • | This operation is available in the Corporate, Business and Software Engineering, System Engineering and Ultimate editions |
| • | When you have saved the document, an A symbol displays in the bottom right corner of the element |
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