Arbortext for Authoring Workshop: Getting Started With Arbortext Editor

Learn the basics for authoring technical content in Arbortext. Good for anyone new to the toolset or simply curious about it. No experience required. In this hands-on workshop, we will walk through authoring and cover everything from creating a new document to publishing a finished product. Each attendee will be…

• Key Concepts: arbortext editor, basics
• Filed under: Workshops , PTC Arbortext User

Writing Accessible Technical Documentation

Learn about principles and importance of accessibility and how to apply current standards to your technical documentation. We’ll provide examples using Microsoft Word and explain how a properly formatted source document is the secret to PDF accessibility success. Erin and Danielle presented a session on Accessibility and Privacy at the…

• Key Concepts: arbortext editor, basics
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Arbortext 101

Arbortext for Authoring Workshop: Getting Started With Arbortext Editor In the first Arbortext Monster Garage book and first ever commercially-available book about Arbortext, Arbortext 101: Best Practices for Configuring, Authoring, Styling, and Publishing with Arbortext, you’ll find advice from a long-time Arbortext user, developer, and well-known community member. Arbortext is…

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Arbortext 102

Arbortext for Authoring Workshop: Getting Started With Arbortext Editor In the second Arbortext Monster Garage book and first ever commercially-available book about Arbortext stylesheets, Arbortext 102: Best Practices for Creating Arbortext Styler Stylesheets, you’ll learn that the best part of the Arbortext product suite is that anyone can create complicated…

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Top 5 Arbortext Resources

Here’s the list of the top 5 resources new Arbortext customers should know about. If you’re an Arbortext User, you should know about these resources: Arbortext 101: Best Practices for Configuring, Authoring, Styling, and Publishing with Arbortext: This book gives you everything you need to establish a good foundation with your Arbortext…

• Key Concepts: basics, training and mentoring
• Filed under: Common Questions, Products, Resources

Using Checklists to Increase Consistency and Productivity in Communications Tasks

Anyone writing, editing, or managing any type of communications for a living is feeling the crunch. There is less time to create and edit; more types and formats of content; more apps, software, and systems to learn. And we expect quality, accuracy, and consistency from ourselves because we take pride…

• Key Concepts: arbortext editor, basics
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Cognition, Design, and Usability: An Primer for Technical Communicators

Nothing is inherently usable. Rather, usability is about cognition—or how our minds process sensory input. If technical communicators understand such factors, they can create materials that address them and develop more usable designs. In this session, the presenter overviews Cognitive factors affecting expectations of design and usability Methods for researching…

• Key Concepts: arbortext editor, basics
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What training do I need to use Arbortext well?

Dear Liz I am starting to work with the PTC Arbortext Editor using SGML. I need to know if I can get training on the editor? What would it take to get the training to use it well? Would I need to buy the software? Please help! Wondering in Wichita…

• Key Concepts: arbortext editor, basics
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