Key Concept Archive
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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
- Filed under: Blog, Release Details
- Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive
Fine-Tuning: Tricking Out Styler with Advanced Print Publisher Source Edits
Arbortext Monster Garage, Season 2, Episode 11 Simon Taylor shows off the kind of high-quality layout you can get with Arbortext 6.0. He shows how you can take advantage of APP templates to get bleed tabs that are tied to…
- Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), arbortext editor, arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2), arbortext publishing engine, arbortext styler, best practices, release notes, techcomm tools
- Filed under: Blog, Release Details
- Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive
Arbortext Formatter Shootout
Join APP Man, his evil FOe, and the FOSI Bear for a lively session on the various Arbortext formatting technologies. You'll learn how the capabilities of Advanced Print Publisher compare with those of the FOSI and XSL/FO engines. And don't…
- Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), arbortext editor, arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2), arbortext publishing engine, arbortext styler, best practices, release notes, techcomm tools
- Filed under: Blog, Release Details
- Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive
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
- Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive
Podcast posted: Interview with Chris Western, tformat
This week I interviewed Chris Western from tformat, a PTC partner focused on training and services for the Arbortext Advanced Print Publisher (APP) (formerly known as 3B2). Chris was hired at Advent, the original developers of 3B2 as a writer…
- Key Concepts: arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2), community
- Filed under: Arbortext Podcast, Blog
- Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive
Podcast Posted: Interview with Gareth Oakes, GPSL
Early in 2005, Arbortext acquired Advent, the makers of 3B2 publishing software. That year at the annual AUGI conference, the greater Arbortext community got their first look at the capabilities that 3B2 brought to the publishing table. For the most…
- Key Concepts: arbortext layout developer (ald) (3b2), community, page layout and print publishing
- Filed under: Arbortext Podcast, Blog
- Venues:
Learn about Arbortext Print Publisher (APP) [Arbortext User Meeting]
The first meeting is a preview of the Arbortext Advanced Print Publisher (APP, formerly known as 3B2). Lawrie Stevens of GPSL, and founding member of Advent, will be showing the product as you’ve never seen it before. This is the…