7. Overview of XMetaL

9. XMetaL Author Interface: Overview Menu Structure View Tool bar Document Pane View Mode buttons Element List

18. Workbook Exercise: Basic File Operations

21. Elements and Structured Authoring

37. Workbook Exercise: Working with Elements

38. Generating Output (Publishing)‏

43. Workbook Exercise: Generating Output

44. Attributes

49. Workbook Exercise: Attributes

50. Images

54. Workbook Exercise: Images

55. Tables

59. Workbook Exercise: Tables

60. Writing topics

68. Sections and nested topics

73. Workbook Exercise: Creating Topics

81. Example of <steps>

92. Workbook Exercise: Task Topics

93. Cross-references and links

97. Workbook Exercise: Cross-references and Links

98. Metadata and index elements

104. Workbook Exercise: Metadata and Index Elements

105. Track changes

108. Workbook Exercise: Track Changes

109. DITA Maps

120. Workbook Exercise: Organizing Topics with Maps

123. Different views for different tasks Task Map editor XML View Create the table of contents, a.k.a. the “hierarchical” part of the map  Browse topics by double-clicking  Edit relationship tables  Use conditional text to make parts of the map conditional  Troubleshoot 

126. Relationship Tables: XML View

131. Workbook Exercise: Relationship Tables

132. Glossaries

137. Reusing content

149. How DITA handles multiple condition types For an element marked as audience = “Europe” and platform = “windows” *Would appear if you used native FrameMaker ® 7.x conditions instead of DITA In output for this audience and product: Does the element appear? Notes Europe Macintosh No* The element is for the right audience. The element is not for the right platform. North America Windows No* The element is not for the right audience. The element is for the right platform. Europe Windows and Macintosh Yes The element is for the right audience. The element is for one of the right platforms.

157. Reuse strategies Reuse Opportunity Solution Multiple similar deliverables Flag some content as conditional Piece of content used in many different contexts Include it in different topics using content references (Modular reuse)‏ Topic used in many different deliverables Include it in different deliverables through DITA maps (Modular reuse)‏

158. Workbook Exercise: Reusing Content