Arbortext for Authoring

Arbortext for Authors is a a guidebook to help both veteran writers, who only need to learn a new tool, and writers who are new to the field of technical authoring. Both need the same thing: an effective way to learn Arbortext Editor.This book is full of exercises designed to give readers hands-on experience right away and raise confidence levels. She walks readers through the basics of XML authoring and why it's not like Word or other desktop publishing tools. From that basis, she...
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Arbortext for Authors is a a guidebook to help both veteran writers, who only need to learn a new tool, and writers who are new to the field of technical authoring. Both need the same thing: an effective way to learn Arbortext Editor.This book is full of exercises designed to give readers hands-on experience right away and raise confidence levels. She walks readers through the basics of XML authoring and why it's not like Word or other desktop publishing tools. From that basis, she takes readers all the way through to authoring with DITA so they can take on any job project they have their sights set on.This book also serves as a guide that exposes Arbortext to anyone searching for tools. Although she expects readers to follow along, workbook-style, it is not limited to those readers. This book is filled with pictures and straight-forward instructions, demonstrating Arbortext's capabilities and the key features that explain it's long-term success.Janice Summers' gentle style is based on her decades of mentoring, coaching, and training new Arbortext users. Her success taking users who have only ever had experience with Word into a brand new XML authoring world fills this book from start to finish. While this book cannot replace real training, she wrote this book specifically to help authors master the basics and reach a place of confidence. She knows that no matter what happens, if you can tread water, you can save yourself.