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Those Devious Authors! Simplifying the Authoring Process for New Users

Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 2, Episode 14 Arbortext provides tools developers, IT staff, and support personnel a lot of resources to simplify the Authoring interface for users. Want to turn off the ability to tweak page-breaks so you don’t need…

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…

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…

Common Questions: How to turn off Arbortext Processing Instructions

This is the second-most asked question. It's one of the most common questions we get. Problem On save, Arbortext Editor adds processing instructions, like <?Pub  Caret?>. How do I remove processing instructions (PIs) ? Solution Turning off the PIs is…

Café con UI: Integrating XUI Dialogs with a Java Backend

Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 2, Episode 13 Clay Helberg takes XUI to the next level. XUI dialogs can do a lot more than pretty up your Arbortext environment. When combined with Java, Javascript, or ActiveX, XUI dialogs in Arbortext become…

A Trip to the XUI: Basic XUI Dialogs

Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 2, Episode 12 Jason Aiken shows the basics behind customizing your Arbortext Editor User Interface to simplify the environment for you or your users. Using XUI dialogs, Jason shows how to use the sample files provided…

Custom Conversions: Using XSLT in Arbortext Editor

Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 2, Episode 10 In this 30 minute, recorded web session, Jack Kulas explains how to take advantage of XSL processing inside Arbortext. Doing interesting things with automatic index generation, Jack shows the XSL-based tools that the…

Stupid DCF Tricks for Your Pleasure

Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 2, Episode 9 In this 30 minute, recorded web session, Brandon Ibach explains the DCF File, an essential part of the Arbortext deployment. By manipulating this file, you’re telling Arbortext Editor how to map the bold…