This suite of applications provides a synchronized content platform for creating documentation, training, and performance support across the enterprise. Its use is generally limited to a team of content authors and/or subject matter experts. The content is made available to users through a Player, document output, or a Knowledge Center. Content can also be tracked to ensure that users understand and learn the content that authors are providing.

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Version 11.1.0.2

The following components are available for installation:

Developer – The Developer is the primary content authoring tool that allows you to create and publish content easily. Using a content Library for organization and storage, you can build outlines comprised of various documents such as modules/sections, topics, glossaries, questions, and assessments. Content can then be enhanced with additional assets such as conceptual web pages, package content (such as documents, spreadsheets, presentation slide decks, web sites, flash content, HTML pages), role assignments, and so on. Content can then be published as playable simulations, various flavors of documentation output (such as job aids, training guides, instructor manuals, test and system process documents), and context-sensitive, in-application support, help systems. The Developer can be installed for one author or as a collaborative and centralized platform for authoring teams, subject matter experts, content reviewers, and so on.

Knowledge Center – The Knowledge Center is a centralized platform for content deployment, tracking, and reporting. The Knowledge Center provides the infrastructure and tools for importing, organizing, and deploying content created in the Developer (and other applications), managing users and the content that is made available to them, tracking how deployed content is used, and reporting on the content that is consumed. The extent of these capabilities depends on whether you are using the Standard edition (basic usage tracking and reporting) or the Professional edition (more sophisticated user and content management, content organization and deployment, usage tracking, and reporting capabilities typically found in learning content management systems).

You might be interested to note that all of this documentation/help was authored and published using this product.

Documentation consists of the following manuals and help systems. The PDF manuals are delivered and stored in the documentation\language code\reference folder where the Developer is installed. Help systems and some PDF manuals are available when you launch each product component such as the Developer, Player, Knowledge Center, and so on. Documentation can also be accessed from the documentation shortcut on the Windows Start program menu.

Content on functionality available in the Professional edition is also included in this documentation and identified as such by the phrase "available only in the Professional edition".

- Installation and Administration: This PDF manual provides instructions for installing the Developer in a single-user or multi-user environment as well as information on how to add and manage users and content in a multi-user installation. An Administration help system also appears in the Developer for authors configured as administrators. This manual also provides instructions for installing and configuring the Knowledge Center, including the Content Root (or content repository), and the User Import Utility.
- Content Development: This help system and PDF manual provides information on how to create, maintain, and publish content using the Developer. The content of this manual also appears in the Developer help system.
- Content Deployment: This PDF manual provides information on how to deploy content created in, and published from the Developer.
- Content Player: This help system provides instructions on how to view content using the Player.
- Reports Management: This help system and PDF manual provides instructions on how to run and manage usage tracking and other reports.
- User and Content Management: This help system and PDF manual provides instructions on how to create user accounts, user groups, and knowledge paths, import content, and server management.
- In-Application Support: This help system and PDF manual provides information on how to implement content-sensitive, in-application support for enterprise applications using Player content.
- Upgrade: This PDF manual provides information on how to upgrade from a previous version to the current version.
- Knowledge Center: This help system provides instructions on how to use the Knowledge Center options such as Knowledge Paths, Notes and Mentoring, and so on.