Common Questions About Arbortext

Arbortext is not simply an XML editor, illustration tool, or component content management system. It's a big-picture solution that includes all the pieces required for creation, management, and publishing of enterprise content. In fact, Arbortext is the only out-of-the-box, end-to-end…

• Key Concepts: basics, single-sourcing, techcomm tools
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Podcast posted: Interview with Todd Nowlan, “Benefits of XML and single-sourcing”

When we were getting ready for the CMS DITA/NA 2010, we reached out to long-time Arbortext customers to find out where they were now, what they did originally, and how they got from point A to point B. Just what…

• Key Concepts: arbortext publishing engine, case study, community, make your business case, multichannel (omnichannel) publishing, xml authoring
• Filed under: Arbortext Podcast, Blog
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Want to keep track of the latest release?

Over the years, we've had questions from customers asking about the latest release. What's in it? Should they upgrade? Was my bug fixed? Is the enhancement I requested in there? It can be hard to convince yourself to read the…

• Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), arbortext editor, arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2), arbortext publishing engine, arbortext styler, best practices, techcomm tools
• Filed under: Blog, Release Details
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How to find out whether a version of Arbortext is supported on a particular OS version

This is the one of the most-asked questions on the PTC forums. If you want to know whether any particular version of Arbortext is supported on any particular version of Windows, check the Software Compatibility Matrix. How to Find the…

• Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), arbortext editor, arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2), arbortext publishing engine, arbortext styler, best practices, release notes, techcomm tools
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Adepters Code Archive Expands to Include IsoDraw Macro Code Contributions

Today, the Adepters Code Archive expanded to include IsoDraw code for the first time. Thanks to Trevor Hendricks from Kohler, last month's speaker for the Arbortext PTC/User Group.  Trevor Hendricks is the expert in all things IsoDraw at Kohler —…

• Key Concepts: community, illustrations and graphics, news
• Filed under: Blog
• Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive

Podcast Posted: Interview with Michael Hahn, XML and SGML expert

Michael Hahn is the principal at Alphabetical by Author. He has almost twenty years' experience with markup language (SGML and XML) development and implementation. He has managed analysis session meetings and prepared reports for a wide variety of information types…

• Key Concepts: community, multichannel (omnichannel) publishing, single-sourcing, xml authoring
• Filed under: Arbortext Podcast, Blog
• Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive

Advisory Line Can Get You Through a Tough Spot

Today we're excited to announce the launch of the Single-Sourcing Solutions Advisory Line. The Advisory Line is designed to help resolve issues for customers who are facing tight time lines or who may have limited resources.We wanted to provide our…

• Key Concepts: news, techcomm tools, training and mentoring
• Filed under: Blog, Liz Asks
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Podcast Posted: Interview with Simon Taylor, Requirements for Advanced Layout from XML Content

Since Arbortext Advanced Print Publisher (APP) was released as an alternative print composition engine in Arbortext 5.4 (June 2009), we've been digging into what it can do and why someone would really need it. In this week's podcast, we interviewed…

• Key Concepts: arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2), arbortext publishing engine, arbortext styler, content strategy, globalization, page layout and print publishing
• Filed under: Arbortext Podcast
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