Basic Training in the Arbortext Techinfo DITA Doctype

Our training sessions are highly interactive and engaging. All sessions are designed to be hands-on using standard, out-of-the-box Arbortext Editor and Styler. All training is done through hands-on exercises to increase adoption and solidify learning.

Training sessions focus on specific topics such as:

• Introduction to the TechInfo DITA Specialization
• Structures (declaration, elements, text, attributes, comments, processing instructions, namespaces)
• TechInfo Topics types
• XML Namespaces
• Understanding the Information Structure and the Publication Structure
• Reuse strategies
• Using graphics
• Collaboration, content management, shared authoring
• Using the Resource Manager
• Content management, file sharing (workflows, check in/check out, file locking, best practices)
• Stylesheets (basics, supporting multiple stylesheets, output options)
• Storing your content (content management basics)
• Styling your content (raw content though 1+ stylesheet)
• Creating your output (different stylesheets for different outputs)
• How to find the TechInfo RDS from Windchill Information and Publication Structures
• Troubleshooting Techinfo Styler Stylesheets
• Where to go for help
• Other topics…

Individually scheduled courses identify the specific topic focus.

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LIZ FRALEY, Single-Sourcing Solutions, is a long-time Arbortext user, customizer, stylesheet developer, and implementer. In addition to being a senior software architect, she is the founder of Single-Sourcing Solutions, a qualified, experienced trainer of Arbortext Products. She has over 25 years experience programming, teaching, and supporting knowledge growth in the communities she serves. She holds degrees in Computer Science and English from the University of Maryland College Park and a Masters in English from the University of Southern Mississippi. She's the author of “Arbortext 101: Best Practices for Configuring, Authoring, Styling, and Publishing with Arbortext”  and “Arbortext 102: Best Practices for Creating Arbortext Styler Stylesheets,” both available on Amazon, and has several more planned.

JANICE SUMMERS, Single-Sourcing Solutions, specializes in helping people who’ve only ever used unstructured desktop publishing applications learn structured authoring. She graduated with a degree in I/O Psychology from San Jose State University and finds that her background helps adult learners in mastering new material. In fact, she’s been successfully transitioning Word users to XML authoring since 2005 and hasn’t lost anyone yet! She's the author of “Arbortext for Authoring: An Author's Guide to Getting Started with Arbortext Editor” (available on Amazon).