Displaying Referred Content

The references to entities, XInclude, and DITA conrefs are expanded by default in Author mode and the referred content is displayed. You can control this behavior from the Author options page. The referred resources are loaded and displayed inside the element or entity that refers them, however the displayed content cannot be modified directly.

XInclude reference
External entity reference

When the referred resource cannot be resolved, an error will be presented inside the element that refers them instead of the content.

If you want to make modifications to the referred content, you must open the referred resource in an editor. The referred resource can be opened quickly by clicking on the link (marked with the icon ) which is displayed before the referred content. The referred resource is resolved through the XML Catalog set in Preferences.

The referred content is refreshed: