Single sourcing with robohelp and microsoft word page 1 of 4. Jan 31, 2019 a case in point is the ability to singlesource, using features that go under the deceptively simple description of hide. We want to emphasize that true single sourcing does not include cutting and pasting content from the source to different outputs. Singlesourcing is the maintenance of multiple versions of a document. The process of producing multiple outputs from one single source of information. We have been trying for a world in which all authors work in a. Spend analysis the first stage of strategic sourcing is for the system to initiate a. Take this not as a critical remark but rather as praise since, from what ive seen at lisa pietrangelis thirtysix software webinar, this is one integrated singlesourcing software that can make your life so much better if youre a dedicated user of ms word which i assume covers at least a couple hundred million users around the world. Strategies for optimization 28 november, 2012 peter knauer, partner consultant, mastercontrol quality and compliance advisory services note. It can look for a single vendor with a solid reputation in development in their niche and use that vendor for multiple projects. Whether purchasing goods or services, a few items or a few thousand items. Helpstudio enables single source browser help, html help, help 2.
Member of unict 504 ing del software isoiec jtc1sc7wg 2 system software documentation. For example, you might three versions of a software manual. For technical document translation, consistency is critical for the efficient delivery of instructions to the user of software and equipment. The same goes for singlesourcing and topicbased authoring, you as a technical writer will also have a lot of tools at your disposal, just like a programmer. Source ones it strategic sourcing experts can help identify your software licensing and maintenance needs, match. Its full suite sourcetopay solution does more than just improve processes, it. When you use single sourcing, all topics can be assembled and published by using the files topics in a single repository.
Citeseerx toward singlesourcing of project documentation. Documentation for a customized version of software contains a paragraph that does not appear in the documentation for the basic version. Singlesourcing and small projects techscribe technical writing. Nov 15, 2005 likewise, functional tools teams who support engineering products can also do proactive software development. But if you are dealing with single source procurement, your options are much less restricted, since it is less difficult to change suppliers. Single sourcing offers a solution to this problem by allowing you to output each document in many different formats, but only store and work with a single version.
Since the 1990s, our team of of industry experts and experienced professionals, who have a background in technical publications, has worked together to deliver dynamic information product delivery systems from scratch and from both sides of the table. Each document in a set of reference manuals contains sections with the same content. Take this not as a critical remark but rather as praise since, from what ive seen at lisa pietrangelis thirtysix software webinar, this is one integrated singlesourcing software that. How to modularize using microsoft word as a single sourcing. The following table shows some of the advantages that are claimed for singlesourcing. Singlesourcing is the maintenance of multiple versions of a document within the same file. The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of hisher employer, gxp lifeline, its editor or mastercontrol, inc. Sourcing management system for business procurement.
The top solution is not to enter into a sole or single source procurement situation in the first place. Sole sourcing in purchasing sole sourcing take place when only one supplier for the required item is available, whereas with single sourcing a particular. For a single sourcing project to be successful, the way you define the line between the it team and the functional team the tools team becomes important. Increases in product lines and versions make maintaining product documentation a difficult task. Used by content developers, technical writers, hr managers, medical writers, and subject matter experts, doctohelp is ideal for users who want to create and manage content in a familiar chapterbased word environment. This reduces the potential for error, as corrections are only made one time in the source document.
Software sourcing checklist institute for manufacturing. It can produce online and printed documentation, pdf docs, context help, policies and procedures. Advanced singlesourcing features such as conditions make it easy to manage large document. Likewise, functional tools teams who support engineering products can also do proactive software development. In many ways, this depends on the charter it has in your enterprise. Mar 28, 2007 im importing the word document into robohelp for word because that process splits the document into topics at each heading style, whereas importing it directly into robohelp html adds bookmarks at each heading style. Please rank the significance of these topics in technical authoring.
Singlesource publishing, also known as singlesourcing publishing, is a content management. Sap sourcing clm vs sap ariba 2020 comparison financesonline. Taking advantage of singlesourcing documentation gvi. Inappropriate tools today, singlesourcing is based on using tools like madcap flare note that i do a lot of training and consulting for madcap, or standards like dita. Its full suite sourcetopay solution does more than just improve processes, it transforms your business. Jan, 2016 the same goes for single sourcing and topicbased authoring, you as a technical writer will also have a lot of tools at your disposal, just like a programmer. Software sourcing checklist aim of this checklist this checklist is to help managers decide whether to use external suppliers to source software development for their products. Get started in minutes just sign up and get your own documentation portal.
Use doctohelp along with microsoft word to produce online help, web, mobile, ebook, or printbased deliverables. Clickhelp online documentation tool for mac, windows and. Project documentation is a requisite task to the success of a software development project. Since the 1990s, our team of of industry experts and experienced. For a summary of the benefits and risks of single sourcing, see box, single sourcing.
Singlesource publishing or single sourcing is a content management process. Singlesourcing also eliminates duplicate work and facilitates the reuse of existing information, which. Watch our documentation tool videos to see product features and save your time. Rather than copying and pasting between documents, you can be more efficient since all content authors can choose the required topics from the repository and then assemble and publish the topics as needed. From the point of view of software development this concept is called normalization, in the programming world an important aspect of literate programming, and in the technical documentation world it is called single sourcing. Singlesourcing is the use of a single document to produce other forms of documents, such as manuals and online help. For example, your company is in the process of releasing a great software. Without one location to store documents, it is hard to tell. A case in point is the ability to singlesource, using features that go under the deceptively simple description of hide. Im importing the word document into robohelp for word because that process splits the document into topics at each heading style, whereas importing it directly into. Singlesourcing and small projects techscribe technical. The laborintensive and expensive work of editing need only be carried out once, on only one document. Net, activex, database, java, javascript, web service and xml.
Jan 31, 2011 hello, time by time, i dig the web on this subject single source authoring with word and for now i did not found something as easy to use and quite close to what i dream in. Rather than copying and pasting between documents, you can. A single source procurement is one in which two or more vendors can supply the commodity, technology and or perform the services required by an agency, but the department selects one vendor over the others. Singlesourcing is a software project not a documentation. Five benefits of singlesource authoring for technical translation. Three models for single source publishing and challenges with. The 5 principles of single sourcing in technical documentation. Sap ariba start sourcing is an intuitive, webbased rfx management tool powered and supported by freemarkets, the online marketplace that started it all. Successful single sourcing allows you to create and maintain one single set of information and yet produce a range of different outputs. As more and more software projects become webfriendly and the number of document. Draganddrop functionality for rfx creation flexi pricebuilder to flip your pricing tables from ms.
The most wellknown articulation of this view can be found in the myth of single sourcing by michael hiatt. The singlesource sig special interest group of stc society for technical communication defined singlesourcing as using a single document source to generate multiple types of document outputs. Create an effective sourcing plan for your procurement negotiation process with a diverse set of white labelled e sourcing tools. Citeseerx document details isaac councill, lee giles, pradeep teregowda. Singlesource publishing, also known as singlesourcing publishing, is a content management method which allows the same source content to be used across different forms of media and more than one time. Single sourcing with robohelp and microsoft word as more and more software projects become webfriendly and the number of document. Producing pdf and web pages or help from the same source file or. X and helpstudio, 3 build flags are defined lite, standard and professional.
Singlesourcing documentation is best utilized when the same information needs to be shared between different manuals or forms of information presentation. It allows one document to be used in different kinds of formats, thereby increasing the usability of the documentation. Single sourcing is more than mechanical document conversion. William andrew publishing technical writing series. Writers of software documentation did not simply move from being writers of traditional bound books to writers of electronic publishing, but rather. Net, activex, database, java, javascript, web service and xml schema xsd documentation. Singlesourcing solutions was founded in 2005, originally as an independent implementer of singlesourcing technology. Apr 24, 20 singlesourcing is the use of a single document to produce other forms of documents, such as manuals and online help. On the other hand, relying on our website will make it possible for you to simplify the selection steps by getting all key software in a single location. Send convenient rfp rfq forms to one or more suppliers, and conclude negotiations with a single purchase order, or store ongoing purchasing arrangements in an organised contract repository. As sarah okeefe comments in singlesourcing is dead. Its a more specific term, which refers to the technical communication in fields like computer software and hardware, aeronautics, chemistry, robotics, engineering, and other technical fields. Advocates of single sourcing maintain that managing content via single sourcing provides documentation and technical publications departments, and the software development companies that they are.
How to modularize using microsoft word as a single. Get started in minutes just sign up and get your own. By using single sourcing for multiple types of output documents, you only need to. With single sourcing the idea is to record technical information only once and then generate various documentation views. Strategic sourcing software takes managers through the following steps of the strategic sourcing process. Singlesourcing lets you create one source of content and either a extract subsets of the content to create different outputs for different audiences or b reuse chunks of the content in multiple. Authoring and publishing using microsoft word doctohelp. Singlesource publishing technical communication body of. About us singlesourcing solutions, arbortext consulting. Send convenient rfp rfq forms to one or more suppliers, and.
With the aim at achieving single sourcing of project documented contents, we present an objectoriented approach that scrutinizes the contents of a software projects documentation. Create an effective sourcing plan for your procurement negotiation process with a diverse set of white labelled esourcing tools. It doesnt simply mean writing technical content, as most people outside the niche assume. Its a more specific term, which refers to the technical. Stellar software is developing a help system using document. Although it is often confused with the process of converting paperbased documents into online formats, single sourcing is a writing strategy that enables technical writers to develop centralized information modules, then map them to distinct audiences and media. When i open the projects that the previous user created, they have individual topics, not one topic with a series of bookmarks. As an illustration, you can match sap sourcing clm and sap ariba for their tools and overall scores, namely, 8. Uniquely built with patented ai at its core, the power of its advanced technology is embedded throughout the entire suite and drives. How to modularize using microsoft word as a single sourcing tool. For a singlesourcing project to be successful, the way you. An introduction to smartdocs an integrated singlesourcing.
Although it is often confused with the process of converting paperbased documents. Software licensing and maintenance strategic sourcing expertise. Online auctions are an integral part of the strategic sourcing process. We have been trying for a world in which all authors work in a single environment such as dita xml, the darwin information typing architecture, and we pushed their content through the same workflow to generate output. However, companies arent going to buy those tools for every employee who has to write something. Time to move to multisourcing every page is page one. Innovasys, producer of leading edge documentation and help authoring tools. Sep 15, 2015 as such, this view sees single sourcing as lacking feasibility in the real world, at least to the point of providing all of the benefits that proponents of single sourcing claim for it. Sap ariba start sourcing free sourcing software sap ariba. Singlesourcing documents is in globalvision international. Clickhelp online documentation tool for mac, windows and linux.
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