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We go to XML publishing for a lot of reasons. One of which is to achieve reusability of our information: Write it Once, Use it Anywhere. Often, beginning stylesheet developers will do a lot of repeated style coding to achieve desired output results. This style duplication, like information duplication, makes stylesheets difficult to maintain. Styler makes it easy to avoid this costly maintenance mistake by adding property sets and user formatting elements to your styling toolbox. In this session, we'll talk about how to use property sets to make your styling more uniform and easy to maintain.This session is accessible to Beginners just getting started with Styler StylesheetsView the RecordingThe video is now available for viewing: Watch this episode of Arbortext TC Dojo Online on our Vimeo On Demand ChannelTC Dojo Mastermind group members can watch it for free on the forums.About The TC DojoThe TC Dojo is brought to you by Single-Sourcing Solutions. At the TC Dojo, you pick the topics

During the PTC webinar yesterday for whats New in Creo Illustrate 3.1. Someone asked a question and the presenter refer to an overlay in isodraw. Can someone tell me what this featrure is?ThanksBryon.

In this webinar, we demonstrate the DITA feature keyrefs and conkeyrefs in Arbortext. The keyref and conkeyref mechanisms allow you to easily switch variable content. We will demonstrate how to create keys and key references; how to combine keys with maps for easier manageability; and how to use conkey references instead of conref to simplify reuse and manage your content.This session is intended for Intermediate users of DITA and Arbortext.View the RecordingThe video is now available for viewing: Watch this episode of Arbortext TC Dojo Online on our Vimeo On Demand ChannelTC Dojo Mastermind group members can watch it for free on the forums.About The TC DojoThe TC Dojo is brought to you by Single-Sourcing Solutions. At the TC Dojo, you pick the topics and we find the experts. Be sure to vote on future TC Dojo webinar topics.

Out scenario is this:   We're using the IsoView plugin for Internet Explorer to view .cgm files. This has worked on out terminal servers running Windows 2008 Server R2 and Internet Explorer 9.   Recently, when upgrading to Internet Explorer 11, some of the users (but not all) are reporting that they can't view .cgm files anymore. They only get that little black box with a cross in it, which indicates that the plugin is not working (the plugin I'm referering to is the one below named WebCGM....it doesn't show up under Manage Addons in Internet Explorer for the affected users).   The install media we used was IsoView73.exe (file version 7.3.30.15) and it was a prereq to CreoView32(with file version 10.2.20.23),   We have attempted to re-install IsoView73, both in modify and in repair mode. It didn't make any difference.   I have a test user account that the plugin is working for, but with this account I can't replicate the problem. All tips are welcome.   O

In IsoDraw 7.3, I create an illustration as I want it, then save it...when I re-open it, all the sizing and line weights have changed.  How do I fix this?@

I am using DITA in Arbortext Editor version 6.1, datecode M020.What do I need to do to make revision bars show up when I generate a pdf of a book?I went to the help menu, and it says to open Modify Attributes and to choose an option from the revisionflag field.  The options are supposed to be "added", "changed", "deleted", and"off".There is no revisionflag field. There is a rev field under the Other tab, but it does not have dropdown options.  But I tried "changed" inside a step element.  No go.  Does not work. No change bar showed up in the pdf.Not only that, but it would be an understatement to say that having to do this manually for every change I make to a book would be a ridiculous increase in workload.  Isn't there some way to have this done automatically?

Practical FOSI is now available for sale at the FOSIexpert website at FOSIexpert.com/Practical-FOSI.Practical FOSI contains more than 900 pages, including almost 500 figures and a detailed index. It is priced at only $30.00, which includes shipping and handling. The book is delivered in an email attachment as a password-protected PDF file that includes linked tables of contents, cross references, and index entries. The password-protected book is for the purchaser's personal use only. Please see the Licensing Agreement for details. NOTE: Those who have purchased the FOSI QuickStart Tutorials in the past should have received email with a discounted price. Anyone who orders the tutorials in the future (FOSIexpert.com/tutorials) will also pay only the discounted price for Practical FOSI. Those who have not purchased the tutorials should visit FOSIexpert.com/Practical-FOSI.The purchase transaction is handled by PayPal, but credit and debit cards are accepted as well as PayPal accounts. Plea

Hello every one,I am currently facing a table issue. I shall keep my table in portrait but increase the number of columns (x4...), but doing so my table is too width. If I change the first title column to display text in landscape, I can keep the current layout. I only found the attribute to change the whole page in landscape and when I applied it on a p element inside the table it does not correctly work: the table width take all the page even for small table.Do you have any tip or clue to help me? You can find below exemples of the table I am trying to achieve and what I am actually achieving...Thank you in advance,

I'd like to encourage the users of this community to participate and attend our LiveWorx 2016 conference. It will take place in Boston, MA from June 6-9, 2016.   The call for participation is now open: LiveWorx : Contribute Your Story to LiveWorx 2016. ‌   Please select "Service Lifecyle Management" as the category for submitting anything related to Arbortext, Creo Illustrate, Service Information Manager etc.. We are very interested in hearing from you, and having you share with us and your peers about how you use the products, how you benefit, what advice you have for the rest of us! This will be a great opportunity to network, and we want to focus on you- the users!! So help me to make this happen- and plan on presenting and/or attending. (Presenters receive complimentary registration for the event).   If you have any questions- feel free to reach out to me directly and I'll try to help out.   Thanks again! Pushpinder

I need some kind of menu a user can select page formats. We have a lot of different formats and I do not want the users to have to keep typing in the ones they want to use. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Just to add a little more info...I am new to ISM. I am looking for a selection type GUI. Other graphic editing tools I have used allow me to use HTML with radios, combo/list boxes, ... to query the user for a selection. I am guessing this is not possible for IsoDraw Macros. So far the only thing I see to query the user is a Get box.Thanks in Advance,Jim

Hi,we use the Arbortext Editor Version 6.1. If we delete a character after an inline element, arbortext deletes also the space:You can see this in this example:As you can see, the cursor is placed after the emphasis - element.If we would like to delete the point character with backspace, Arbortext deletes also the space character:That is absolutely not desired. Is there maybe a setting/option to change this behaviour?Thank you for your help in advance.

With FOSI technology, is it possible to set the size of an illustration (graphic element) ?

With Arbortext Command Language, How to remove a catalog path from the set catalogpath?

Has anyone encountered and or resolved ISO View 7.2 Blank Screen issues?Checked all generic I.E.  settings - Compate modes, Active X, Graphics Card... etc.Any other suggestions/resolution why this will not display graphics?Any assistance is greatly appreciated.aaron.obrien@navistar.com

I am pleased to announce that the following are now available for customer download!PTC Arbortext Advanced Print Publisher 11.1 M010Release NotesPTC Arbortext Editor/Styler/Architect/Publishing Engine 7.0 M010 Editor/Styler/Architect Release NotesSPR Fixes

Hi we have 6 'Arbortext Editor - Locked License' V7.0, 1 'Arbortext Styler'-floating license V7.0 (currently installed 6.1), and 3 'Arbortext Print Composer'  V7.0 (currently installed 6.1). We currently have 8 editors, leaving 2 unable to edit. We were wondering what are our options are to get a license of Arbortext onto a terminal server so that our editors can essentially "take-turns" utilizing the licenses for the workflows? I understand that we would need to apply a floating license to the terminal server versus a node-locked license, but does anyone know if it's possible to upgrade a license to a flexnet floating license?On an aside, is there any trouble with a floating arbortext installed to a terminal server talking to a flexnet server for use of the publishing engine?Reference:https://support.ptc.com/appserver/cs/view/solution.jsp?n=CS23456&art_lang=en&posno=1&q=terminal%20server&source=search

hi,We're recently converting documents from output of a customized version of Arbortext Editor to standard one, and one of the major challenges is we no longer have some customized features and markups, one of which is endnote. I'm wondering if there's any way to simply use footnote and change some attribute to remove number(s) so that it look like endnote?  BTW I don't think I could change stylesheet, as it's already defined.Thanks.best regards,Amy

I need to create a procedure in Arbortext but I don't know where to start. I'm starting from scratch with a blank template and would like to know what (DITA) tags I should use.Any help would be hugely appreciated.

Using Arbortext 6.1 M030.  I have the following in the middle of my document (tags color-coded to help visually -- assuming the colors show up here):[step2>            [para> (6) Text here... <para][step3>                  [para> (a) More text... <para]<step3][step3>                  [para> (b) Still more text... <para]<step3]<step2][step2>            [para> (7) Yada... <para][step3>                  [para> (c) Yada yada... <para]<step3][step3>                  [para> (d) Yada

The PTC SLM Solution Management Team invites you to our upcoming PTC Technical Information Solutions User Community Webcast Series!On Wednesday November 18th, from 11-12pm EST join us for our next webinar: “Managing Translations with PTC Windchill Service Information Manager”, presented by Pushpinder Toor, SLM Solution Manager. Pushpinder will describe and demonstrate how to manage translations for service content stored in Windchill Service Information Manager.Use this link to register: Tech Tips Webcasts: Work Smarter, Not Harder: Managing Translations with PTC Windchill Service Information ManagerIn this webcast you will learn:How to use Windchill Service Information Manager to manage content translationsHow to automate publishing of language-specific contentAbout eliminating manual efforts associated with creating multi-language assetsQ&A sessionWe welcome your feedback on other topic areas you would be interested in hearing more about. Please send any suggestions directly to -

Hi all,Getting the following error on activation. any suggestions?RegardsShibu

In IsoDraw...Is there a way we can load a template file on startup so all layers, pens, etc.... are setup on startup?Thanks in Advance.Jim

hi I have a cgm (created using ISODraw) image with hotspots enabled. How can retrieve the coordinates for hotspot positions?ThanksRavi Kanth

The PTC SLM Solution Management Team invites you to our upcoming PTC Technical Information Solutions User Community Webcast Series! We are hosting a monthly webcast to active support customers to keep you informed on the latest solution roadmaps, tips & tricks and best practices.On Wednesday, July 15th from 10-11am EST join us for “What’s New in Arbortext 7.0 and APP 11.1”, webcast presented by Pushpinder Toor, Solution Manager and Simon Taylor, Product Manager.  In this webinar, hear more about:New features coming in the next Arbortext and APP releaseNew features from previous maintenance releases you may have missedFuture roadmap Q & AClick here to register: Thanks and hope to see you attend!

Hi, Can I create "List of effective pages" in Arbortext Styler  6.0 edited in APP(with an style file)?