Importing Overview

Author-its Importer uses Transformation Rules to decide how to import a document. The rules applied are determined by a Transformation Profile. A Profile contains a group of rules (along with a few other settings) that control exactly how the content is imported.

There are a set of profiles included with Author-it – one default profile for each document type, and a number of rules that pick up most standard formatting. You can create as many additional rules and profiles as you need – making the process very flexible and allowing you to customize it to suit your documents.

Once the document is selected for import, the Importer analyzes it and applies the relevant rules. Rules define such things as where topics are created, and the Author-it styles that are applied - more on this a little later.

The Importer can guide you through the entire process, allowing you to modify the topic structure and style mapping that is found. The Preview stage allows you to view how the original document appears versus how the document looks with the rules applied. You can create and apply new rules at this point if necessary.