Key Concept Archive
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Common Questions: How do I reuse content stored in Windchill?
by Karie One of the many advantages of storing content in XML is the ability to reuse it. The best way to ensure proper reuse is to store XML content in a component content management system like Arbortext Content Manager…
- Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), basics, content management, techcomm tools, workflow and process
- Filed under: Blog, Common Questions
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Common Questions: Customization
This week’s topic: Customization Last year we discovered that something we think everyone knows about Arbortext is almost totally unknown. It was a weird thing to discover because, for most of us, this “thing” was a major influencer in our…
- Key Concepts: automating content creation, basics, configuration and implementation, ui customization
- Filed under: Blog, Common Questions
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Common Questions: BOMs
This week’s topic: BOMs As organizations start to see returns from XML implementations in technical publications, training, and support, they start to see how it can benefit even more departments across the organizations. One of the places that organizations look…
- Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), basics, dita
- Filed under: Blog, Common Questions
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Common Questions: Reviewing XML Content
This week’s topic: Reviewing XML Content in ArbortextThe question of reviewing content is a complex one. Every year, at the annual PTC user conference, this topic gets discussion. No one agrees on how the review process should work or what…
- Key Concepts: arbortext content manager (windchill), arbortext editor, basics, xml authoring
- Filed under: Blog, Common Questions
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Common Questions: Arbortext Editor
This week’s topic: Arbortext Editor Something that a lot of people don't realize, but that Arbortext customers cherish, is that every part of the Arbortext Editor UIr—everything you can do in the Editor—is reachable through the extensive, well-documented, API. After the…
- Key Concepts: arbortext editor, basics, dita
- Filed under: Blog, Common Questions
- Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive
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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Common Questions: Data Merge
This week’s topic: Data Merge Data Merge is an interesting way to jump start your documents. It's also a great way to keep your content accurate and up-to-date while reducing the amount of work that you need to do to…
- Key Concepts: basics, data merge, techcomm tools
- Filed under: Blog, Common Questions
- Venues: Single-Sourcing Exclusive
How can I learn Arbortext Editor?
If you're new and looking for some tutorials and ways to get better using the tool, try the Tutorial in the Help Center! The Help center is the application containing all the documentation. The Help Center comes standard with Arbortext…
- Key Concepts: arbortext editor, basics, best practices, training and mentoring
- Filed under: Blog, Common Questions
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