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Module Authoring Canvas

The authoring canvas is where you edit the content of a module. This page covers the canvas layout, the fields available, and how to populate them.

Canvas layout

The canvas layout depends on how you started the module:

  • Create-from-scratch mode: the fields panel takes the full width of the canvas. You fill in each field manually.

  • PDF upload mode: the fields panel is on the left side, and the source PDF is displayed as a viewer on the right side. You can populate fields from the PDF manually or via Autoscan.

[Screenshot to add: Canvas layout — full-width fields and PDF-side-by-side variants]

Fields

Each module has fields defined by its content module type (the schema selected when the module was created). Depending on the type, fields can include:

  • Headline

  • Paragraph (single or multiple, depending on type)

  • Body references

  • Footnotes

  • Image

  • Claims

  • Other fields specific to your tenant's content module types

The exact fields available in your module depend on the content module type. Some content module types will not include image fields at all; others might include multiple paragraph fields; others might combine headlines with claims and no body copy. Administrators with elevated access in MCM can create new content module types to fit specific authoring needs — see your Anthill administrator if you need a new type configured.

Populating fields in PDF upload mode

In PDF upload mode, you have three ways to populate a field from the source PDF:

Manual marking (per field):

  1. Select the field on the left (for example, Headline).

  2. In the PDF viewer on the right, highlight the text you want to use.

  3. The highlighted text is inserted into the selected field.

Repeat for each field you want to populate manually.

Autoscan a single page:

Run Autoscan against the current PDF page only. Useful when your source content is on one page and you don't want to process the whole document.

Autoscan the complete document:

Run Autoscan against the whole PDF. The AI populates all fields based on the schema and can create additional fields if it detects content that doesn't fit the existing schema.

See Module Autoscan for the full Autoscan flow, including language support.

[Screenshot to add: PDF mode with field selected on left and text highlighted on right for manual marking]

Saving your work

[TBC: autosave vs explicit save behaviour. To confirm with product design.]

Previewing the module

[TBC: preview flow inside the canvas, before publishing. To confirm.]