XML Authoring

Create a variety of transformation scenarios by applying pre-defined or customized XSLT to XML files. Execute these transformations using a range of JAXP-compliant processors, such as Xalan and Saxon. Define the scope of the transformation—a file, all files of a folder, DITA map or all children of a book.

Eliminate the need to browse through numerous lines of XML code. Use the XPath Pod to find your elements and automatically apply functions to them. Customize your query builder, get suggestions, define the scope of queries, use the history dropdown feature, and save search results for greater productivity.

Meet consistency and authoring needs as well as specific output requirements. Create customized information models with automatic generation of DITA 1.2 elements (such as titles, tables of content and indexes), page rounding and numbering. Easily publish DITA maps to various output formats.^∆

Focus on writing without bothering about page breaks and text formatting. Use the Author View to speed up content creation prior to customizing appearance and output.

Prepare your documentation for publishing and sharing with the user community. Use the WYSIWYG View to apply and modify styles, themes, and formats. Render your content as intended and see it as your users will.

Speed up authoring with customizable Banner Text suggestions for various content elements that eliminate the need for constantly referring to the document structure. Help authors of different backgrounds and skill levels create content consistently in a multi-authoring environment. 

Employ an intuitive user interface for books, as well as tools for hierarchical books and books within books. Incorporate XML files and other structured FrameMaker documents, and reference DITA maps or bookmaps.

Work more efficiently thanks to a highly user-oriented interface design. Use floating toolbars and control bars, dock your most frequently used dialog boxes for quick access, and create workspaces customized to your workflow.

Create, edit, and publish technical content with powerful features for automatic numbering, cross-referencing, creating tables of contents, indexes, books, and more. Automate formatting via templates, and easily integrate tables, graphs, and images.

Effortlessly single-source variations of the same document for different channels and purposes. Build and use complex Boolean expressions to define output filters in topic-based, structured, and unstructured modes.

Enable better management and reuse of content by taking advantage of support for multivalued attributes and the ability to import expressions from one document to another.

Manage formats for paragraphs, characters, and tables from the existing catalog or create displayable custom lists. Create new formats and delete or override those that are unused or not useful.

Define and edit attributes for declarations in markup to perform multiple functions: record the status of content within elements, allow cross-referencing between elements, or specify how to format an element.

Easily view all elements in a collapsible format, even in document view. Hide or collapse parent and child elements individually or simultaneously. Search through and open elements, including those that are collapsed.

Manage and apply table formats with enhanced table catalog creation. View all table formats present in your document and apply or delete them easily.

Benefit from a basic infrastructure for working with structured FrameMaker. With this highly intuitive, UI-based tool, users can start working with structured FrameMaker even if they don’t have any prior knowledge or training.

Save time with a host of powerful features to review and track changes across an entire book. Navigate through a review by accepting individual changes or all changes, using review icons, and view and edit changes from selected users.