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Understanding Author-it's Concepts

Like most tools, to really learn how Author-it works there are some underlying concepts that you need to understand first. Even if you're familiar with other authoring tools, Author-it has some unique concepts behind it - especially because of its revolutionary object-oriented, single-source technology.

This chapter explains those concepts (including single-source and other such phrases), so that you're best prepared to learn the How To Use Author-it stuff later in this guide. You'll also be able to wow people at cocktail parties with your cutting edge knowledge.

In This Chapter

Understanding the Components of Your Document

Understanding Your Document's Different Output Formats

Why Separate Structure From Format?

What's Single-Source?

What are Libraries and Books in Author-it?

Inheriting Settings By Using Object Templates

Version Control

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