A ready-to-use editing system, all features for professional technical editing are included in the standard version of the software: XML, DITA, and other standards, translation, version and variant management, link management, warnings, workflows, integrated editors (MS Word, Adobe FrameMaker, JustSystems XMetaL), extensive search functionality, simultaneous publication in various media (print / internet / CD-ROM / online help), and much more. Flexible management of existing data allows the system to be up and running in the shortest possible time.
ST4 DocuManager - Overview
Create content
- Create and edit content in Microsoft Word, Adobe FrameMaker, or JustSystems XMetaL
- Work module- or document-based by opening and editing complete partial tree structures
- Easily reuse information modules with the help of task-based mechanisms for linking and creating variants
- Access the integrated image database from the editor
- Work offline by checking content out and in
Manage content
- Store media-independent data in XML
- Manage any number of variables, variants, and languages
- Create text modules, accessing them comfortably from the editor
- Manage language and translation with integrations to Across or SDL Trados (Translation Memory System) and use smart filters to avoid unnecessary translation effort
- Manage workflows with status bars for distributing and controlling tasks individually or in a team
- Use various search options via object titles, content, metadata, and full-text
- Easily create project-specific documentation with drag-and-drop or automatically with the variants management feature
- Manage versions, version branching, and cross references
- View comparisons of versions and variants
- Optimize editing workflows with role-based permissions (client / server)
- Work in parallel in a distributed team (client / server)
- Use recycle bin and undo/redo functionality on database level
Quality-check content
- Support for authors and terminology checks during data entry
- Terminology management
- References to similar text modules
- Commenting functions
- Preconfigured workflows for proofreading, content creation, and other tasks
- Selective updating of reused text modules
- Reports on reuse levels, releases, processing time, etc.
Publish content
Various, optimized target formats can be generated from the media-independent content modules with a single click:
- Print publications with professional layout (PDF, MS Word, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe InDesign)
- HTML-based information systems with sophisticated navigation options for internet, extranet, intranet, and CD-ROM (including full-text search)
- Online help systems (HTMLHelp, JavaHelp, EclipseHelp)
Questions?
