XMetaL Author Enterprise 12.0 allows content creators to efficiently create information that can be re-purposed into the languages and formats demanded by content recipients. JustSystems’ customers can combine XMetaL Author Enterprise with virtually any content management and publishing systems of their choice to deliver a solution that can be used by writers even without XML knowledge.
The 12.0 release is packed with new features including:
- Updated application look-and-feel – auxiliary panels feature auto-hide and pin capability; improved panel docking guides; window-tab groups with right-click menus; Office-like UI for customizing toolbars; switchable application themes
- Cross-file operations – find and replace both text and markup; interactive spell-check replacements in Results panel (no need to launch spell checker window)
- Spell checker dictionaries – optionally use OpenOffice (Hunspell) dictionaries with the XMetaL spell checker
- New table operations – sort table rows; fill cells across or down by replicating contents or attributes; fill cells with numeric series; split a table into two; select/cut/copy/paste table row structures
- List sorting – sort lists or list items
- New ways to un-clutter the editor view – minimize tags by hiding element names; hide/show Tracked Changes ("accept all preview")
- Easier multiple Undo – perform multiple Undo steps with a single swipe of the mouse
- Latest DITA OT – includes DITA Open Toolkit 1.7
- Platform compatibility – compatible with Windows 8 and Microsoft IE 10
