A document is the basic unit of composition in LiveText. Any content that you wish to enter into LiveText must be entered into a document. Documents can contain text, tables, images, attachments (computer files created outside of LiveText), standards, resources, rubrics, and form responses.

Documents have two essential components: pages and sections. A page is a subdivision of a document and a section is a subdivision of a page. Content can only be entered into sections. This means that a document must contain at least one page and that page must contains at least one section before any content can be entered into a document.

Any type of composition can be created within a document. A document can also contain multiple, separate compositions.

The Materials Area

Creating a Document

Steps to create a Document

1. From the Material area, click the Create button to open the Create Document screen
2. Select a folder
3. Select a template. An outline of the selected template will appear in yellow on the right side of your screen. This allows you to preview the structure of the template before creating a document.
4. Enter a title. The Description is optional
5. Click the Create Document button. The created document is opened and ready to be edited.

Adding Content to a Document

1. Open the document
2. If this is a multi-page document, you can now click on the pages listed down the left side of your screen to select a particular page to edit. If not, skip to step 3.
3. Edit a section by clicking the corresponding edit link.

Note: Save frequently when editing a document. LiveText is a web application. If your Internet connection fails or falters during a save then you risk losing all work completed since the last successful save.

Opening a Document

1. Open the Materials area
2. Click the document's title

Deleting a Document

When a document is deleted, the Trash label is applied to the document and all other labels are removed from the document. Deleted documents cannot be opened, viewed, edited, printed, copied, shared, labeled, or exported. Use the steps below to delete a document.

1. Open the Materials area
2. Check the document(s) to delete
3. Click the Delete button

Restoring a Deleted Document

1. Click the Trash label
2. Check the document(s) to restore
3. Click the Restore button
   

Copying a Document

1. Open the document
2. Click the More... link to open the More... menu
3. Click Copy Document

Printing a Document

1. Open the document
2. Click the More… link to open the More… menu
3. Click Print Document

Exporting a Document

• Open the document
• Click the More… link to open the More… menu
• Click Export Document

Managing Pages

Use the Edit Document screen to manage pages within a document. Open the Edit Document screen by clicking the Edit Document link within an open document. From here you can create, order, hide, un-hide, rename, copy, and delete pages.

Managing Sections

Use the Edit Page screen to manage sections within a page within a document. Open the Edit Page screen by clicking the Edit Page link from the Edit Document screen. From here you can create, order, hide, un-hide, rename, copy, and delete sections.

There are six types of sections in LiveText and each type stores different content. The table below describes each section type.

Section types

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