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Overview of the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop
This section provides a brief explanation of what DITA is and an overview of the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop interface.
The working environment
This section describes the basic features of the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop working environment.
Configuring the workspace
The procedures in this section tell you how to configure the Eclipse environment.

CCMS Desktop User Guide
- Introduction
  IXIASOFT CCMS is a documentation solution that combines the mechanics of an extensible environment, a powerful Content Management System (CMS), and the elegant modularity of DITA.
- Overview of the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop
  This section provides a brief explanation of what DITA is and an overview of the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop interface.
  - About DITA
    Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) provides a topic-oriented content architecture built on XML technologies.
  - The working environment
    This section describes the basic features of the IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop working environment.
    - Understanding the working environment
      The IXIASOFT CCMS working environment is an customized Eclipse perspective.
    - Open the DITA perspective
      The DITA perspective is the default working environment for IXIASOFT CCMS.
    - Working with views and editors
      You can move and resize views and editors.
    - Understanding the document cycles
      Documents go through several phases of development. Topics, for example, are written, edited, and approved by technical experts, and then may be sent for translation. Each phase of document development has a unique set of people who are responsible for the document in that phase.
    - Overview of other perspectives
      In addition to the DITA perspective, IXIASOFT CCMS includes several other perspectives designed for users with specific tasks.
    - Open an Eclipse Perspective
      If you have never worked with IXIASOFT CCMS or if you have been working with another perspective within the Eclipse Workbench, you will need to open the DITA Perspective.
    - Configuring the workspace
      The procedures in this section tell you how to configure the Eclipse environment.
      - Set file search maximum
        This procedures configures the maximum number of files that display in the Search Results view when you perform a search.
      - Associate editors with documents
        This procedure associates the file extensions of various document types with your preferred editors.
      - Configure key mapping
        Use this procedure to associate key sequences with actions in the DITA Perspective.
      - Customize menu visibility
        Use this procedure to display or hide menus and their options in the current perspective.
      - Customize toolbar visibility
        Use this procedure to display or hide toolbar options in the current perspective.
      - Enable Eclipse command groups
        Use this procedure to enable the commands that appear on menus and toolbars.
      - Clear files from your hard drive
        This procedure removes unnecessary files from your local hard drive.
      - Clear information from the cache
        This feature removes server information from your local cache, so that you can have access to the most recent information.
      - Synchronize image thumbnails
        This procedure copies existing image thumbnails onto your local hard drive.
      - Enable the Read-only Editor
        This procedure causes unlocked topics to open in the Read-only Editor.
      - Specify compare tool
        This procedure lets you use an alternate tool for the compare function.
      - Configure import and export directories
        This procedure lets you specify default directories for frequently performed import/export operations.
      - Add the root-catalog.xml catalog to the Oxygen XML Editor
        For IXIASOFT CCMS to locate the DTDs for the DITA objects and elements in your documentation, you must add the root-catalog.xml file to the Oxygen XML Editor.
      - Configure column display in any DITA view
        You can specify the columns you want to see in each view and then place them in the order that you prefer.
      - Restore warning messages
        This option lets you select the warning messages that you want to re-activate.
      - Bring a process out of background
        Use this procedure if you've selected Always Run in Background for a process and you'd like to restore it to the foreground.
- Getting Started
  This section provides a starting point for working with IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.
- Working with DITA
  This section provides information and instructions about how to author content using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.
- Using IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop features
  This section provides information and instructions about how to use IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop functionality to perform other actions with the objects in the CMS.
- Localizing documents
  Localization is the process of translating content and adapting it for use in another language.
- Glossary
- Shortcut keys
  Shortcut keys let you perform many routine actions with just two or three keystrokes.
- Copyright notice
- Technical support
  IXIASOFT Customer Support staff are available to answer your questions. We welcome your comments.

Configuring the workspace

The procedures in this section tell you how to configure the Eclipse environment.

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