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Editing existing web pages
You can edit any pages on your website, as long as you have permission and as long as someone
else is not currently editing the page.
This section covers the following topics:
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“About editing” on page 36
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“Opening a page for editing” on page 36
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“Undoing mistakes” on page 37
For information about changing properties for an existing page, see “Setting page properties” on
page 51. For information about adding keywords or a description for an existing page, see
“Adding keywords and a description for a page” on page 53.
About editing
You can edit pages on websites that you’ve connected to (see “Connecting to a website” on page
18) and have permission to edit. You cannot edit a page if the page is locked—that is, if someone
else is currently editing it. When you browse to a page, the message area under the toolbar
indicates whether you can edit that page.
While you edit a page, Contribute saves it as a draft, and the draft title appears in the Pages panel
in the sidebar. For information about opening a page for editing, see “Opening a page for
editing” on page 36. For information about working with drafts, see “Saving drafts” on page 37.
Note: If you want to edit a Microsoft document that you’ve linked to on your website, see “Editing content in an
external application” on page 42.
There might be restrictions on which parts of a draft you can edit. Your website administrator can
create a template with locked regions or can set up editing constraints that restrict editing to
text only.
Note: If you do not have permission to edit a page or part of a page that you need to edit, talk to your website
administrator or see “Managing User Settings and Permissions” on page 165.
Opening a page for editing
To open a page for editing, simply browse to the page or use the Contribute workspace to quickly
access special pages (see “Navigating to web pages” on page 25). For information about drafts, see
“Saving drafts” on page 37.
To edit a page:
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Browse to a page you want to edit.
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Do one of the following:
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Click the Edit Page button in the toolbar.
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Select File > Edit Page .
The page appears in the Contribute editor as a draft, and the draft title appears in the Pages
panel.