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¤ DITA Open Toolkit Training Webinar Series - Making it Work for You

Suite Solutions is offering a series of public training webinars on working with the DITA Open Toolkit. This series is geared for those who are familiar with DITA and need to go the next step to publish their DITA content into production-ready high-quality PDF or online Help using their own look and feel and meeting their own publishing and localization requirements.

The webinars are given by an experienced consultant who’s slogged through the trenches on real projects. They will be intensive, technical and useful with real examples.

The webinars will be appropriate for all levels of familiarity, from beginner to advanced user. Please note the technical prerequisite:
participants should already be familiar with DITA and XML.

You may choose to participate in any number or combination of webinars.

Small classes, maximum interaction: The class will be kept small to allow some level of interaction with the instructor, so register today to reserve your place!

Time: Each webinar will start at 1:00PM Eastern Standard Time and run about 3 hours with a short break in the middle.

Cost: $250 per webinar, or $900 for all four.

Registration: To register or for more information: register@suite-sol.com

Session I: Nuts and Bolts of the DITA Open Toolkit (June 15, 2009)

  • Overview of DITA-OT Components

  • Installing the DITA-OT

  • Running the DITA-OT

  • Writing ANT scripts: Introduction

  • Rendering outputs using different transtypes

  • Filtering Output Using DITAVAL

  • Customizing Output Using Map Attributes

  • Common Errors and Mistakes

Session II: Understanding and Configuring the FO Plug-In for Generating PDF – Under the Hood (June 17, 2009)

  • Review of PDF Generation

  • Getting Started with XSL, XSL-FO and XPath

  • Introduction to the FO Plug-in

  • Customizing the FO Plug-in - Introduction

Session III: Understanding and Configuring the FO Plug-In for Generating PDF – Making it Work for You (June 22, 2009)

  • Brief Review of FO Plug-in

  • Customizing the FO Plug-in - Advanced

  • Customization Case Studies

  • Customizing for Localization

  • Configuration Issues

  • Using the DITA-OT with Antenna House and RenderX

  • Debugging Tips

Session IV: Understanding and Configuring DITA-OT for Publishing HTML formats (June 24, 2009)

  • Overview of HTML Formats: XHTML, HTML Help, JavaHelp, Eclipse Help, WebHelp

  • Review of DITA-OT Components

  • Overview of Transtypes and Files Generated for Each Format

  • Customizing Style Sheets: XSLT and CSS

  • Customizing the Toolkit using Plug-ins: Introduction

  • Case Studies and Samples

 

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