To create a new content group we need to open the 'Master Document Editor'.

By default the 'Master Document Editor' (MDE) will display a preview of the first page of your document. For a detailed description of the toolbars and icons, please refer to the 'Master Document Editor' section of the 'one2edit™ User Interface Description'.

A 'Content Group' in one2edit™ can be thought of as a container that you can fill up with all the content (i.e. text segments, images) that will be relevant for your editing process and workflow. There are two content groups available by default, displayed at the top of the screen:

1. 'All Items': All of the document's content can always be found in this group. Even if you assign content to another content group, you will still be able to find it all here as well.
2. 'Unassigned Items': In contrast to the 'All Items' group, this group only contains the content that has not been assigned to any other content group.
3. 'New Group': The 'New Group' button, located to the left of the 'All Items' group tab, is used to create new content groups within this master document. Click this 'New Group' button now to create a new content group (via the 'New Content Group' window).

You can create and personalize your new content group using the 'New Content Group' window.

1. 'Name': Give your new content group a name! The name of your content group should allow you to identify the kind of work to be done with the content of this group (e.g. edit text, localize images, translate text, etc.).
2. 'Color': Give your new content group a color! Any content that you place into this content group will be highlighted using this chosen color, so it is mostly about personal preference. However, it makes sense to choose colors that are not used in your actual master document. This will mean that any highlighted content will be contrasted against the rest of your document.
3. 'Type': This menu allows you to choose if your new group will be an 'Edit' or 'Translation Content Group'. In this lesson, you should choose 'Edit Group'.

NOTE:
Always name your content groups according to what you will be doing with the group's content, NOT according to the desired outcome for the content.

NOTE:
Content group names are needed during the workflow process when identifying which workflow track is assigned to which content. This is another reason to keep the name relevant.

Famous mistake:
When creating content groups you have to keep in mind that each and every one of them belongs to the master document. This is where the so-called 'original' or 'source' content is located. Based on this 'original content' we can create various final versions (in the form of version documents). This means that the content of one content group can lead to a variety of final version documents. Giving a content group any result-related name would, therefore, be misleading.

Example for 1io Recipe Inc.:
We decided to name our first content group 'edit_text'  since we already know we will need two separate groups: one for editing our text segments and another for editing our images. For the content group's color, we chose bright pink (2), which will stand out clearly from the light green color that is a default in our workspace. As the name of the content group makes obvious, this group will contain text segments for editing (not translation). Therefore, we choose 'Edit Group' (3) from the menu.

You can create as many groups as you like by using the 'New Group' button in the upper left corner. In order to simplify your workflow process, it is advisable to create a separate group for each kind of editing process, especially if there are different users working on different types of content. For example, the users assigned to edit text contained in the text-editing content group will not have access to the images contained within the image-editing content group (and vice-versa).

Example for 1io Recipe Inc.:
We decided we needed multiple content groups to coordinate our workflow process. Therefore, we decided to create one group for editing text and another for editing images.