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What can I create in Activator?
Create a new Binder to organise my Slides into an eDetail
Creating a new Slide based on a Template for my Brand
Creating a new Brief
Creating a PDF suitable for Approval / MLR process
Sharing and Translating Content
Previewing my document
User Roles in Activator
Need some help with a problem?
Anthill Activator Supported Browsers

The Activator Dashboard

Searching for Content
Working with Search Filters
My Content
Activator Document Cards
Finding Content by Document Type
Creating New Content

Activator Content Editor

Compare and Translate
Working with Notes
Working with Modular Content

Activator Content Designer

Designing new Slides & Briefs

States and navigation for Slides and Briefs

Add Interactions
States
Slide Fragments
Navigation

List of Standard Components & their use

Elements

Row
Column
Group Containers
Grid
Line
Shape
Slide Fragment (component)

Text components

Text
List

Media Components

Video Player
Image
iFrame Viewer

Interaction Components

Button
Inline Slideshow
Slider
State Container
Tab Group

Menu Components

Bottom Menu
Side Menu

Data Components

Table
Text Input

Overlay Components

Popup
Reference Popup

HTML Component
Zoom Container
Values in input fields (Position, Size)

Designing new Email Templates

Email Components
Activator Emails - Framework & Responsive Design
Approved Email - Download package (Developer users)

Creating & Editing Layouts

Activator Emails

Emails Introduction

Creating and Localizing Emails in Activator

How to Create an Email
How to Copy an existing Email
Email Tokens
Email Tokens for citations and footnotes
Email Fragments
Email Localization
Email Asset list
Email - Linking to documents & websites

How to add email subject for particular text
Email Testing
1.x Emails in 2.x

Activator Slides and Binders

Activator Slides and Binders Introduction

Slides

Creating and Editing Slides in Activator

Creating and building a new Slide
How to add Layouts and Helpers to your Slide
Editing Slide Content with Layouts
How to Edit Text
Working with approved Modular Content for your slide
Comparing content between different versions of a slide

Binders

How to create a new Binder
Copying a Binder
Adding new and existing Slides to a Binder
How to organize your eDetails using Binders

Testing the content on iPad
Export binders/slides to a PDF Report

Activator Briefs

Activator Briefs Introduction

Creating and Editing Briefs in Activator

Creating Briefs in Activator
Editing Brief Content with Layouts
How to add Layouts and Helpers to your Brief
How to Edit Text in Briefs
Working with approved Modular Content for your Brief
Brief Media Assets and the Media Library
Compare and translate content between different versions of a Brief

General Activator Features

Activator Layouts
Activator Helpers

Modular Content

Updates to Activator's MLR functionality

Duplicating/Copy Content in Activator
Design System Activator Interface
Using Translation Files for Localization of Content
The Settings Panel

Media Assets and the Media Library

Uploading new Media Assets

Content Development

Design System Basics
Uploading a Design System to Activator
Creating Layouts
Building Design System Content in Activator
Defining default styling for Components

Fusion Library

Fusion Component
Fusion State Management
Extending Fusion Component Example

docIDNavigation V1 & V2
Things to keep in mind when changing the Design System used by a Content piece

Content Development Solution Book

When to manually recompile a updated Design System
Make Manual Updates to CSS and JS

Responsive Web Development

Appendix A - Responsive Text Component

Responsive Email Development
Background Video
How to Add Box Shadow and Other Effects to Elements
Track Clickstream Data
How to setup manual swipes
How to create a scroll area
Creating an Animated Bar Chart Component
Run Animation on State Change
How to create custom lists and list items
How to give a different font size to a word in a sentence
CSS Variables

How To Articles

Copying and Pasting Content
Upgrade Fusion Library to the Latest Version
Slide Fragment Editor v1 Workaround for v2
Design System Configuration
How to add additional iPad resolutions?
How to upgrade from lit-element to lit

Updated Design System UI introduced with Activator v2.6.0

Activator Best Practice & Guidelines

Guidelines: Custom Report Screenshots for nested popup states.
Guidelines on upload of assets in a Design System
Exporting & Importing Source Code
Supported asset file formats
Supported Characters
Email Layout Design Best Practices
Activator Supported Languages

Info, warning and error labels

Message "Align Names - Synchronizing Document and Distribution Package Naming"
Message: Multichannel Slide / HTML (non-editable)
Message (email) "Uneditable content"
Message: "Not authorized for permission [View Document] on document in lifecycle [CRM Content Lifecycle] of status [Draft]"
Message "Some of the required fields are missing for binder"

Why Content Spacing May Look Different in Activator Canvas vs. Preview
Clear Your Browser Cache

Activator FAQs

Can you restore a document I deleted in Activator?
How does Activator work with Veeva Promomats?
How to use the source editor (and manually edit MJML)
Vault preparation
Activator as a Tool
Vault for Publishing

Activator Releases

Activator Release Notes

Release 2.7.2
Release 2.7.1
Release 2.7.0
Release 2.6.1
Release 2.6.0
Release 2.5.2
Release 2.5.1
Release 2.5.0
Release 2.4.4
Release 2.4.3
Release 2.4.2
Release 2.4.1
Release 2.4.0
Release 2.3.3
Release 2.3.2
Release 2.3.1
Release 2.3.0
Release 2.2.3
Release 2.2.2
Release 2.2.1
Release 2.2.0
Release 2.1.2
Release 2.1.1
Release 2.1.0
Release 2.0.0

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Articles in this section are supposed to be non-technical, i.e. targeting editors working in Activator. For technical articles, please see the Content Development Solution Book.

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