Key Concept Archive
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Arbortext Layout Developer
Arbortext Layout Developer Arbortext Layout Developer is designed for the automated production of complex printed documents Arbortext Layout Developer (formerly known as 3B2) enables automatic publishing of complex documents without sacrificing quality. Best-in-class typographic capabilities coupled with powerful automation tools…
- Key Concepts: arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2)
- Filed under: Deliver
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Advance Your Career Through Self-Publishing
Writing a book gives you an opportunity to provide tangible value. It can establish your brand and increase your professional standing. Information professionals are uniquely positioned to take advantage of self-publishing because we already know how to transform source material…
- Key Concepts: arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2)
- Filed under: Deliver
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Publish High-Quality, Print-Ready DITA in less than a day
b Post Summary Everyone says, “Publishing DITA is Hard!” But the truth is you can publish DITA content for ePub and Print output with very little work. The promise that vendors (like us) have been giving for 20 years is…
- Key Concepts: arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2)
- Filed under: Deliver
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Automating High-Quality Output
Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 1, Episode 8 You get it. You understand the value for having your content in XML. Perhaps you are already there or on your way. Now you have all of your content tagged and structured for…
- Key Concepts: arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2)
- Filed under: Deliver
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Released: What's New in Arbortext 6.0?
We've already posted the details to the release feed, but I want to talk about the big features coming to Editor and Styler the 6.0 release. I admit this is little bit of a tour with a focus on the improvements…
- Key Concepts: arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2), dita, release notes, techcomm tools
- Filed under: Blog, Liz Asks, Release Details
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Common Questions: Language Support in Arbortext
This week’s topic: Language support in ArbortextXML publishing systems makes translation less expensive all-around. The biggest cost of translating content produced in traditional tools is the DTP that must be done on the content once it's been translated. Some languages…
- Key Concepts: arbortext editor, arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2), arbortext publishing engine, arbortext styler, globalization, release notes, techcomm tools, usability and user experience
- Filed under: Blog, Common Questions, Release Details
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Common Questions: Publishing
This week’s topic: Publishing! When it comes to “publishing content” in Arbortext, you're talking about a big subject. There's Arbortext Publishing Engine (PE), which produces multi-channel output. There's Arbortext Digital Media Publisher (DMP), a component of Publishing Engine which enables you to distribute content on multiple types…
- Key Concepts: arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2), arbortext publishing engine, basics, page layout and print publishing
- Filed under: Blog, Common Questions
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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…