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<h1 class="topictitle1">Browse and Preview Method Content</h1>
<div><div class="p">You can browse method content in both the <a href="authoringperspective.html#authoringperspective">Authoring Perspective</a> and <a href="browsingperspective.html#browingperspective">Browsing Perspective</a>. While authoring method content, you can see a preview
of the published page for the content you are editing by selecting the <strong>Preview</strong> tab
at the bottom of the content editor. Click any link in the displayed page
to go to that page. Use the buttons in the editor toolbar to perform familiar
browser actions such as back or refresh. While browsing method content in
the browsing perspective you can see a preview of any method and process content
in a method configuration as it appears in a published Web site. </div>
<div class="section"><p>To browse and preview <a href="methodcontent.html#creatingreusablemethodcontents">Method Content</a> in the <a href="authoringperspective.html#authoringperspective">Authoring Perspective</a>:</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Click the Open Perspective button <img src="openpersp.JPG" alt="" /> and select <strong>Authoring</strong>. The Authoring perspective
opens with the <a href="libraryview.html#libraryview">Library View</a> and <a href="configurationview.html#configurationview">Configuration View</a> on
the left and the content view on the right. If a method element is selected,
the appropriate editor is open on the right.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Explore the contents in the both the Library View and Configuration
View by expanding the different content packages and method plug-ins down
to their method elements. Double click an element to open it in the editor.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click the <strong>Preview</strong> tab at the bottom of the content editor
to preview the content of any selected element.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The preview
page in the content editor does not resolve content variability relationships.
If you are extending, contributing to, or replacing a base content item, you
can only see the result of this in the Configuration View in the Browsing
Perspective. For more information see <a href="variability.html#variability">Variability</a>.</div>
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<div class="section"><p>To browse and preview<a href="methodcontent.html#creatingreusablemethodcontents">Method Content</a> in the <a href="browsingperspective.html#browingperspective">Browsing Perspective</a>:</p>
<ol><li>Click the Open Perspective button <img src="openpersp.JPG" alt="" /> and select <strong>Browsing</strong>. The <a href="browsingperspective.html#browingperspective">Browsing Perspective</a> opens with the <a href="configurationview.html#configurationview">Configuration View</a> on the left and the Content View on the right.<p></p>
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<li>Select a method configuration from the configuration drop-down list in
the tool bar. The content of the method configuration appears in the content
view, as it will appear in a published Web site.<p></p>
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<li>Explore and preview the content in the Configuration View by expanding
the categories and other folders down to method elements. Click a method element
to open it in the content view.</li>
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<div><div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
<div><a href="userinterfaceoverview.html" title="Eclipse Process Framework Composer is built on the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The parts of the workspace are:">Tool Interface</a></div>
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