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| AuthorPro is a comprehensive S1000D™ authoring solution providing unparalleled ease of use for content authors, insuring single or multiple projects are up and running quickly. This robust content creation software provides authors with a sophisticated and intuitive environment to easily conform to S1000D™ authoring requirements. AuthorPro ultimately enables authors to concentrate on technical content development instead of the final formatted and published outputs. The Business Rules Verification Tool allows the author to carry out a quick desktop quality assessment before releasing a Data Module (DM) into the Common Source Database (CSDB). Authors are assured that the integrity of the CSDB is maintained throughout the authoring process. |
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Benefits
- Reduce delivery times, costs
- Easily conform to S1000D™ authoring requirements, including S1000D™ Issue 3.0 schemas
- Concentrate on content vs. presentation
- Prevent non-compliant DMs from entering the CSDB
- Use graphic hotspots in the IETP environment
- Insert Warnings and Cautions from project resource files
- Access multiple project configurations at each author’s workstation
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Detailed Features
Create, Manage, and Retrieve Data Modules
Data Module Creation
Write DMs that comply with various S1000D™ changes, including Issue 3.0 schemas. Since AuthorPro ensures that project rules are enforced, authors are free to concentrate on creating quality technical content and do not have to be burdened with project documentation rules.
Integration with S1000Dmanager™
Authors can quickly access S1000Dmanager projects to locate and open assigned DMs, allowing an integrated workflow with the CSDB. Workstations can be synchronized with the latest project settings, Data Module Requirements List (DMRL), approved applicabilities, and reusable warnings and cautions, ensuring each author has the most current information available when they need it.
Insert REFDM from DMRL
Users are able to choose a REFDM from a selection of DMs contained within a DMRL. The workstation extracts from S1000Dmanager all of the relevant DMs within a project. The author simply selects a REFDM from a list rather than performing the lengthy process of scrolling through spreadsheets and database tables to locate the information. |
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 Data Module Validation
Integrity Checks
Over 100 automated checks are performed on each DM before released into the CSDB. Authors are instantaneously presented with detailed feedback on DMs that fail S1000D™ or specific project rules, which heightens the response time to correct the affected DM. The context sensitive editing environment ensures S1000D™ documents are compliant and delivered with speed and accuracy.
Hotspot Integration and Validation
Easily identify graphic hotspots that the author needs to link to and extract hotspot information. In addition, AuthorPro notifies the author if a previously authored link to a hotspot has changed within an illustration.
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 Integrated Cross Referencing
Cross Reference Management
View all cross references in the system from a centralized location. An easy-to-use selection box provides the ability to create a cross reference with a single click. This prevents the author from having to carry out a multi-step task in Arbortext Epic, significantly decreasing the margin for error. The burden of performing lengthy steps associated with authoring a reference is removed, with authors instead able to concentrate on critical content development.
External Links
Easily add external links to the S1000D™ system. When inserting an external link to another REFDM, the author is presented with a selection list populated from DMRLs in S1000Dmanager. The software also accommodates the use of the S1000D™ XLINK capability, allowing authors to select specific targets within external DMs.
Filtering
References can be filtered and displayed by type. The system is configurable to restrict or maximize the choice of targets that are allowed within DMs, supporting projects that limit the choice of internal XREFS that can be used by an author.
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Configurations
Project Configurations
Users can be kept up-to-date with the most current configurations, ensuring authors are provided with the latest approved information.
Language Configuration
Ability to customize and localize both the working environment and the technical data that is created within the system. All auto-generated information within a DM can be localized to the language that is required.
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 The Power of Integration
AuthorPro and the integrated S1000D™ Publishing Suite™ is a complete, end-to-end solution to successfully manage the technical documentation publication process. Working collectively with S1000Dmanager™ on multiple levels provides visibility and access to data stored in the CSDB for the benefit of authors and project managers. AuthorPro also integrates with S1000Dtransition™ to make the conversion to PDF and traditional paper-based books simple. AuthorPro and S1000Dinstructor™ work in tandem to create S1000D-based training material directly from the CSDB.
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