[oXygen-user] [ANN] Writer Helper Add-on - the newest release in the Oxygen add-on library!

[Oxygen XML Editor Support (Radu Coravu)]

Hi Yves,

I'm glad you enjoy the new add-on.

Based on Pieterjan's similar request we added an issue for this:

     EXM-49001 [Writer Helper] Automatically create reusable components

We do not have some precise future plans for it, we found useful for our 
interns to work on it in order to get more accustomed using the Oxygen 
APIs but indeed one direction would be to automatically create a 
reusable component and conref to it from all places.

My initial wish for the add-on was for it to be useful no matter what 
XML vocabulary you are using, so it does not have any DITA-specific 
features.

Also the add-on only takes the text content into account when finding 
similar content, so if your two similar paragraphs have different 
attributes or they contain key refs, like for example one of them has a 
keyref <ph keyref="abc"/> and the other does not, we still report them 
as similar because we rely on the end user to make the final choice. So 
if we add tools to make changes to the content we would need to find 
perfect matches, paragraphs or blocks which have the same attributes and 
precisely the same XML structure.

Regards,

Radu

Radu Coravu
Oxygen XML Editor

On 10/13/21 15:15, Yves Barbion wrote:
> Hi Alin,
>
> I have just tested the add-on and I like the Find Similar Content 
> feature. Next question is, of course, whether there is some kind of 
> clever feature to turn (or transform) all of these elements in the 
> Results pane into a conkeyref and replace the identical content in one 
> go. ;-)
>
> Kind regards
>
> Yves
>
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2021 at 17:18, Alin Belu <alin_belu at oxygenxml.com 
> <mailto:alin_belu at oxygenxml.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>
>     Great news, everyone!Today,weannounce thereleaseofa newadd-on that
>     providesgreatsupport for helping technical writers - the Writer
>     Helper Add-on!
>
>     This newentry to the always-expanding Oxygen add-on library
>     contributesa side-view named 'Writer Helper' that
>     containsseveraltools intended to enhance the technical writers’
>     day-to-day activity:
>
>     Review-Selectfolders or files in the Project view and start a
>     review session for them. This is useful for reviewing a set of
>     documents.
>     SimilarContent-Select folders or files in the Project view, then
>     choose a list of elements to check for similarity. This is useful
>     for finding possible elements that can be reused instead of being
>     copy-pasted between documents.
>     Read Aloud-Selectcontent in the current document and use the Play
>     button to listen to how it is read by the operating system's
>     narrator. This is useful for those who want to review content by
>     listening to it.
>     Tips-View a list of editing tips tuned for technical writers. This
>     is useful for discovering productivity tips to make your editing
>     experience more efficient and productive.
>
>
>     To install the add-on, follow these instructions:
>
>     1. Go toHelp->Installnew add-onsto open an add-on selection dialog
>     box.
>
>     2. Enter or
>     pastehttp://www.oxygenxml.com/InstData/Addons/default/updateSite.xml
>     <http://www.oxygenxml.com/InstData/Addons/default/updateSite.xml>in
>     theShow add-ons fromfield.
>
>     3. Select theWriter Helperadd-on and clickNext.
>
>     4. Read the end-user license agreement. Then select theI accept
>     all terms of the end-user license agreementoption and clickFinish.
>
>     5. Restart.
>
>     1.
>         2.
>             3.
>                 4.
>                     5.
>
>
>     We hope that you willfind therelease of theWriter Helper
>     add-onusefuland any feedback will be welcomed!
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     Alin
>
>     -- 
>     Alin Belu
>     Oxygen XML Editor
>
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