What Is Single Source Authoring?

Publish print, help, and web documents from one source. Create information objects once, then reuse them in multiple documents using a simple "drag and drop" approach. Create collections of topics and reuse them as a unit within other documents. Make a change to an object and apply it automatically to every document using the object.

Add customized variations to standard topics at the paragraph or sentence level, for powerful integration of standards and customization. Author-it automatically handles reformatting based on the context where information is included, minimizing the need to rework information for different publishing projects.

Use variables for objects that must be customized for a particular audience or deliverable format.