AuthorIT^®

The tool

AuthorIT provides a single program in which all content is designed, written, and managed. Once written the information can be shared across documents and then published to a range of different print, help, and web formats. No technical knowledge of these formats is required. No editing is needed after publishing.

Several primary features distinguish AuthorIT from other authoring tools:

• All materials are stored as data objects in a relational database, or library.
  Objects include text, links, images, styles, books, object templates, and more.
• AuthorIT manages content, not projects.
  Multiple books can be published from a library to multiple output formats.

Import materials into an AuthorIT library from HTML, DOC, MIF, PDF, and now from a RoboHelp project. Using Author IT's Book Editor, you drag objects from the library to populate the TOC. When you publish a book, objects are configured for their output format. For example, links published to Word .DOC files resolve as page references; published to HTML, they become hyperlinks. The text editor is clean and conventional. All text is styled.

Because of its data structure, features critical to managing content are integral to AuthorIT's structure, like version control, release states, template control of objects, multi-author management.

In addition, administrator and localization modules allow AuthorIT to perform specialized functions (like translation) gracefully.

The training

Certified training is available now. Call WordSmith to explore your options for on-site customized delivery. Better still: Combine training with consulting and development. We'll help you learn how to use the tool, leave you with what you need—workflow, prototype, examples, and resources.