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IXIASOFT CCMS Web 6.3 User Guide for Writers

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User Guide for Writers
The user guide for writers using IXIASOFT CCMS Web 6.3. It contains information to help users with authoring, managing, and reviewing content in CCMS Web.
Topics in IXIASOFT CCMS Web
Topics are the basic containers for all content in IXIASOFT CCMS Web.
How to edit topics
Topic Editor provides the tools you need to add or change content in the topics assigned to you.

User Guide for Writers
The user guide for writers using IXIASOFT CCMS Web 6.3. It contains information to help users with authoring, managing, and reviewing content in CCMS Web.
- Content management using IXIASOFT CCMS Web
  IXIASOFT CCMS Web manages content as objects according to specified workflows.
- Signing in to IXIASOFT CCMS Web
  Users access IXIASOFT CCMS Web directly in a browser.
- Working on assignments
  You use the My Assignments page to keep track of all the work you need to do in IXIASOFT CCMS Web. The work is tracked as a series of assignments on a users' My Assignments page.
- Maps in IXIASOFT CCMS Web
  Maps provide structure to the other objects. All the topics that are part of a document are organized into a map.
- Topics in IXIASOFT CCMS Web
  Topics are the basic containers for all content in IXIASOFT CCMS Web.
  - Open objects in new tabs
    Users can use IXIASOFT CCMS Web across multiple tabs in a browser.
  - Set the context map
    For topics, you can switch to a different context map or set a context map if a topic does not have one.
  - How to edit topics
    Topic Editor provides the tools you need to add or change content in the topics assigned to you.
    - About Topic Editor
      Topic Editor allows you to make changes to the contents of a topic.
    - Editing topics in DRM
      In IXIASOFT Dynamic Release Management (DRM), when you edit a topic, you must decide if the changes are for some or all of the Branches that topic appears in.
    - Add a comment to a topic
      You can add comments while editing a topic to provide feedback to others.
    - Comments in Topic Editor
      You can navigate and manage comments in the Topic Editor in different ways.
    - Upload and add an image to a topic
      If the image you need does not already exist within IXIASOFT CCMS Web, a new image can be uploaded.
    - Add an existing image to a topic
      Images that have already been uploaded to IXIASOFT CCMS Web can be searched for and inserted within topics.
    - Set a value for an attribute
      You set the values of attributes for elements. You can modify attributes to provide metadata, modify the element, or set conditional profiling attributes.
    - Edit the value of an attribute
      You can edit the value of any attribute an element has.
    - Delete an attribute
      You can delete any values an attribute has for an element.
    - Insert a key
      In IXIASOFT CCMS Web, you can insert elements as variables by inserting them into a topic as a key (also know as a keyref).
    - Toggle automatic spellcheck on/off
      You can enable or disable the automatic spell checking while editing.
    - Change how XML tags are displayed
      You can change how XML tags are used to mark up the content in the Main Editing area.
    - Change font and appearance of Main Editing area
      You can change the default font and appearance of the Main Editing area to better suit your preferences.
    - Switch to XML text editor
      You can change the Main Editing area from the default Author mode to an XML text editor. Switching to the text editor lets you edit the XML directly.
    - Comments when checking in topics
      When checking in a topic or map, you may be prompted to provide a description of the change you have made.
  - Links between topics
    Use links in topics to direct end users to other topics that might be useful or are related to the current topic.
  - Content reuse in IXIASOFT CCMS Web
    Instead of creating multiple copies of the same content, you can reuse content instead.
  - Search for objects
    You can use the Search in the Navigation bar to quickly find objects in IXIASOFT CCMS Web.
- Images in IXIASOFT CCMS Web
  Upload images that you want to use to IXIASOFT CCMS Web.
- Collaborative Reviews in IXIASOFT CCMS Web
  Reviewers can use a Collaborative Review to both provide feedback to writers on the content assigned to them as well as view the annotations other assigned reviewers have added.
- Approvals in IXIASOFT CCMS Web
  A writer can use an Approval to get a final sign off on content once all the reviews are complete.
- Generating output
  All of the content that you create can be exported from IXIASOFT CCMS Web to the target document deliverables using the IXIASOFT CCMS Output Generator. The CCMS Output Generator is the component that executes the transformation processes from DITA files to a specified output type, such as PDF, HTML, and XML.
- Notices

How to edit topics

Topic Editor provides the tools you need to add or change content in the topics assigned to you.

Related concepts

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About the My Assignments page

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