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IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop User Guide
The core guide for Advanced users of IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop 6.3. It contains information to help users author, manage, publish, translate, and track documentation.
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.
Managing projects
The project management feature lets coordinators handle project-wide tasks that may involve multiple deliverables.
Initial project setup and other related tasks
This section describes how to create a completely new project and provides the general administrative tasks that are useful in handling projects.

IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop User Guide
The core guide for Advanced users of IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop 6.3. It contains information to help users author, manage, publish, translate, and track documentation.
- 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 IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop
  This section provides a brief overview about working in IXIASOFT CCMS Desktop.
- 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.
  - Using the Documents view
    The Document view gives you several document tracking functionalities, such as identifying recently used documents or frequently used documents.
  - Viewing where documents are used
    The Dependencies view displays the relationships that a specific document has with other DITA documents in your system.
  - Assigning work to others
    Work can be assigned to different sets of users at different points in the document development cycle.
  - Adding labels to objects
    Labels let you apply additional information to any object in the repository.
  - Creating snapshots
    You can capture then contents of a map at a particular point in time using the snapshot feature.
  - Branching a map
    Branching lets you create a new, editable version of a previously published map.
  - Using the Build Manifest feature
    This section describes how to use the Build Manifest feature.
  - Creating a taxonomy
    You can create taxonomies that reflect the structure of the information contained in your documents.
  - Managing projects
    The project management feature lets coordinators handle project-wide tasks that may involve multiple deliverables.
    - Project Management view
      The Project Management view gives coordinators an overview of their projects.
    - Initial project setup and other related tasks
      This section describes how to create a completely new project and provides the general administrative tasks that are useful in handling projects.
      - Create a project
        This procedure creates a completely new project.
      - Set project due date
        This procedure sets the project's due date.
      - Project status
        Project status records the stages of the project's development.
      - Change project status
        This procedure records the state of the project.
      - Clone a project
        This procedure creates a duplicate of an existing project.
      - Change project name
        This procedure lets you rename the project.
    - Set project defaults
      The procedures in this section let you set the global defaults for localization and milestones.
    - Manage project personnel
      The procedures in this section let you select your team members and specify their roles within the project.
    - Manage project deliverables
      The procedures in this section let you manage information specific to each map in a project.
    - Use the Bulletin Board
      The procedures in this section tell you how to use the Project Management's Bulletin Board feature.
    - View project statistics
      The procedures in this section let you produce graphics that summarize the status of maps and documents within the project.
    - Delete a project
      You can delete a project if it's no longer required.
  - Creating and generating reports
    You can create and generate reports.
- 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.

Initial project setup and other related tasks

This section describes how to create a completely new project and provides the general administrative tasks that are useful in handling projects.

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