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Guide to IXIASOFT CCMS 7.0 Dynamic Release Management (DRM) for Information Architects

Guide to IXIASOFT CCMS DRM for Information Architects
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IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop User Guide
The core guide for Advanced users of IXIA CCMS Desktop 7.0, who are using the IXIA Dynamic Release Management (DRM) module. It contains information to help information architects understand basic tasks and workflows for the CCMS Desktop authoring environment. It also contains information on how to author, manage, publish, translate, and track documentation.
Overview of IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop
This section provides a brief overview about working in IXIA CCMS Desktop.
The working environment
This section describes the basic features of the IXIA CCMS Desktop working environment.
Configuring the workspace
The procedures in this section tell you how to configure the Eclipse environment.

IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop User Guide
The core guide for Advanced users of IXIA CCMS Desktop 7.0, who are using the IXIA Dynamic Release Management (DRM) module. It contains information to help information architects understand basic tasks and workflows for the CCMS Desktop authoring environment. It also contains information on how to author, manage, publish, translate, and track documentation.
- Introduction
  IXIA CCMS is a documentation solution that combines the mechanics of an extensible environment, a powerful Content Management System (CMS), and the elegant modularity of DITA.
- Overview of IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop
  This section provides a brief overview about working in IXIA CCMS Desktop.
  - Starting IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop
    This section covers how to start CCMS Desktop.
  - About DITA
    Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) provides a topic-oriented content architecture built on XML technologies.
  - The working environment
    This section describes the basic features of the IXIA CCMS Desktop working environment.
    - Understanding the working environment
      The IXIA CCMS working environment is an customized Eclipse perspective.
    - Open the DITA perspective
      The DITA perspective is the default working environment for IXIA CCMS.
    - Working with views and editors
      You can move and resize views and editors.
    - Overview of other perspectives
      In addition to the DITA perspective, IXIA CCMS includes several other perspectives designed for users with specific tasks.
    - Open an Eclipse Perspective
      If you have never worked with IXIA CCMS or if you have been working with another perspective within the Eclipse Workbench, you will need to open the DITA Perspective.
    - Configuring the workspace
      The procedures in this section tell you how to configure the Eclipse environment.
      - Set file search maximum
        This procedures configures the maximum number of files that display in the Search Results view when you perform a search.
      - Associate editors with documents
        This procedure associates the file extensions of various document types with your preferred editors.
      - Configure key mapping
        Use this procedure to associate key sequences with actions in the DITA Perspective.
      - Customize menu visibility
        Use this procedure to display or hide menus and their options in the current perspective.
      - Customize toolbar visibility
        Use this procedure to display or hide toolbar options in the current perspective.
      - Enable Eclipse command groups
        Use this procedure to enable the commands that appear on menus and toolbars.
      - Clear files from your hard drive
        This procedure removes unnecessary files from your local hard drive.
      - Clear information from the cache
        This feature removes server information from your local cache, so that you can have access to the most recent information.
      - Synchronize image thumbnails
        This procedure copies existing image thumbnails onto your local hard drive.
      - Enable the Read-only Editor
        This procedure causes unlocked topics to open in the Read-only Editor.
      - Specify compare tool
        This procedure lets you use an alternate tool for the compare function.
      - Configure import and export directories
        This procedure lets you specify default directories for frequently performed import/export operations.
      - Add the root-catalog.xml catalog to the Oxygen XML Editor
        For IXIA CCMS to locate the DTDs for the DITA objects and elements in your documentation, you must add the root-catalog.xml file to the Oxygen XML Editor.
      - Configure column display in any DITA view
        You can specify the columns you want to see in each view and then place them in the order that you prefer.
      - Restore warning messages
        This option lets you select the warning messages that you want to re-activate.
      - Bring a process out of background
        Use this procedure if you've selected Always Run in Background for a process and you'd like to restore it to the foreground.
      - Synchronize configuration files
        To apply the latest configuration updates made by an administrator, you must synchronize your system configuration files. Synchronizing copies the most recent version of the files onto your hard drive without having to restart Eclipse.
  - Working offline
    You can keep working in IXIA CCMS Desktop in the Offline perspective when you cannot connect to the Content Store.
  - Integration with IXIA CCMS Desktop
    IXIA CCMS Web has a streamlined user interface that is easier for SMEs and reviewers to use than IXIA CCMS Desktop, and it provides writers with all the core tools they need to author content. The documentation development process spans both CCMS Web and CCMS Desktop.
  - Setting your environment to use IXIASOFT Dynamic Release Management
    This section provides procedures for searching DRM objects, filtering objects, etc.
  - Configure global exclusion filter settings
    You can configure the global exclusion filter settings to filter out products, libraries, releases, and versions based on a specific set of criteria. You can then turn on these filter settings in dialogs in DRM.
- About the IXIASOFT Dynamic Release Management module
  The IXIA Dynamic Release Management (DRM) module allows technical publication teams to easily manage the documentation for multiple products across multiple release cycles.
- Managing the documentation structure
- Working with DITA
  This section provides information and instructions about how to author content using IXIA CCMS Desktop.
- Using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop features
  This section provides information and instructions about how to use IXIA CCMS Desktop functionality to perform other actions with the objects in the CMS.
- Localizing documents
  Localization is the process of translating content and adapting it for use in another language.
- Glossary
- Shortcut keys
  Shortcut keys let you perform many routine actions with just two or three keystrokes.
- Copyright notice
- Technical support
  IXIA CCMS Customer Support staff are available to answer your questions. We welcome your comments.

Configuring the workspace

The procedures in this section tell you how to configure the Eclipse environment.

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