Authoring Pages authoring-pages
The following provide two types of overview to authoring with AEM:
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First Steps for Authors - an introduction for new authors
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Quick Guide to Authoring Pages - a quick guide (high-level) to the main actions
Quick Overview of Features Used for Authoring Pages quick-overview-of-features-used-for-authoring-pages
To aid you when authoring pages the author environment provides features such as:
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Drag and drop
Components (such as Text, Image) and digital assets (such as images) can be positioned on the page simply by dragging and dropping them in the desired location. -
Editing
Once positioned on your page, a component-specific dialog can be opened to enter content and/or configure characteristics of that component (for example, image size). -
In-place Editing
Text and Image components can be edited directly on the webpage without opening a dialog box or an explicit save action. -
Component Browser
On the left side of an editable page a sliding browser can be opened; from here components can be dragged onto the page and then edited. -
Asset Browser
On the left side of an editable page a sliding browser can be opened; from here assets can be dragged onto the page; for example, to position assets or create links to other pages. -
Component Toolbar
Both a single or a slow double-click will reveal the appropriate toolbar (single for the inplace editing toolbar, then slow double for full toolbar). -
Responsive Layout
This provides a paragraph system that lets you position components within a responsive grid. -
Search as you type
In certain scenarios (for example, path selection in edit dialogs) searching for content through the AEM interface presents dynamic matches as you type the query.