In an earlier post, Douglas Wade reviewed the basics of collapsing and expanding in Arbortext Editor. I would like to add a few thoughts about this feature as it relates to tables.
I recently started working on some SGML files that have large tables. I’m talking really large. I found that the performance of Arbortext [...]
In Arbortext Editor, a text entity is a named piece of content. For example, you could create a text entity called Product Name with the content Widget Analyzer 2010. Text entities help you to achieve consistency both within and across documents. Simple enough, right?
Let’s assume that you have an SGML file open and you know [...]
Arbortext has a really great help system. A writer or developer should be using it often. For me, I have placed a shortcut on my desktop. The help file is in the format of Microsoft compiled help (extension .chm). It is located in <arbortext-installation>/help folder and is called help.chm. Double-click to launch the file.
If you are [...]
View and Collapse Elements
In Arbortext Editor, you can view or collapse (or hide) elements and their content to make it easier to navigate through your document. Each parent element will display a graphic:
a minus graphic when the content is expanded.
a plus graphic when the content is collapsed.
Notice:
next to sect1 element in the [...]
It is helpful to search for text inside an element instead of searching through the entire manual. For example, to find a literal hyphen (used for Not Illustrated in MIL-STD-38807, Ideally, it should be added to the attribute “notshown”) in the element <ipbfigindex>, do the following: Find > Find/Replace and in the Find What: text [...]
Setup
The sweep arrow tail has been created as a brush. I have a file already created in the file called, “Adobe Illustrator Startup RGB.ai”, which contains the brush. Download it and open the folder “C:\Program Files\Adobe\Illustrator 10\Plug-ins” (or where the application was installed). Rename the existing file “Adobe Illustrator Startup_RGB.ai” to anything you like and [...]
Change Case
You can change the case of selected text from upper to lowercase and back. You can also change the case to Sentence Case ( first word at the beginning of a sentence to uppercase case), and/or to Title Case (first letter of each selected word to uppercase).
To change text, highlight a selection.
If no selection [...]
Inserting a Quickmark
A quickmark is just an unnamed bookmark that can be inserted in your opened document. Its purpose is to provide a quick access to a location in your document. Only one quickmark can exist at a time.
To insert a quickmark into your open document, do the following:
Place the cursor at a desired [...]
Finding a Comment
Find in Arbortext Editor is very strong, but it is hard to find comments, because they are not normal elements. To find comments in a document:
Menu > Find > Find Tag/Attribute:
From the menu, Find > Find Tag/Attribute…, and enter in the Tag Name(s), box, _comment. That is an underscore followed by [...]
Arbortext Editor Tip for Spaces and Tabs
It is helpful to have Arbortext Editor display the spaces and tabs when working on SGML/XML files. It is an option that makes missed spaces easier to catch. To display spaces and tabs, Tools > Preferences… and select the View category. Check the check box labeled “Spaces and Tabs”.
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