To insert a reference to a newly-created document, do the following
To call up the
Insert New DITA Document Reference Dialog, choose or click the
Insert New DITA Document Reference button
on the toolbar.
In the Insert New DITA Document Reference Dialog, do the following:
From the Template drop-down list, select a template for the new document.
In the Title field, type the title of the new document.
The Id field gets filled in automatically when you are typing the title.
In the File field, specify the name of the new document.
The new document will be saved in the directory of the current document. To specify another location for saving the new document, use the Browse button.
Check the Open after insert checkbox to open the newly-created document upon the topicref insertion.
Click the Insert button to insert the topicref.

The new document will be created and the topicref will be inserted.