Suite Solutions is offering a series of public webinars on using the DITA Open Source Toolkit for beginners and advanced users.

Workshops are given by an experienced consultant who’s slogged through the trenches on real projects. They will be intensive, technical, and useful.

Nuts and Bolts of the DITA Open Source Toolkit (June 26)

- Overview of DITA and the DITA-OT

- DITA-OT Components

- Installing the DITA-OT

- Running the DITA-OT

- Rendering outputs using different transtypes

- Filtering output using DITAVAL

- Using the DITA-OT with Antenna House and RenderX

- Common Errors and Mistakes

Understanding and Configuring the FO Plug-In for Generating PDF – Introductory and Advanced

* Session 1: Introductory Level – Under the Hood (July 8)

- Review of PDF Generation

- Getting Started with XSL, XSL-FO and XPath

- Introduction to the FO Plug-in

- Customizing the FO Plug-in - Intro

* Session 2: Advanced Level – Making it Work for You (July 10)

- Brief Review of FO Plug-in

- Customizing the FO Plug-in - Advanced

- Customization Case Studies

- Customizing for Localization

- Configuration Issues

- Debugging Tips

Understanding and Configuring DITA-OT for Publishing HTML formats (July 15)

- Overview of HTML Formats: Web, HTML Help, JavaHelp, Eclipse Help

- Review of DITA-OT Components

- Overview of Transtypes and Files Generated for Each Format

- Customizing Style Sheets: XSLT and CSS

- Case Studies and Samples

- Overview: Publishing via FrameMaker DITA-FMx, WebWorks, Robohelp

Each webinar will start at 1:00PM Eastern Time and last about 3 hours with a short break in the middle. (If you are in a time zone that is unsuitable to this time slot, let us know.)

You may pick any number or combination of webinars. Visit our site for additional information and to register: http://www.suite-sol.com/pages/services/services_training.html