VideosWhat's New in Web Author 26

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This video presents highlights of some of the most important and interesting new features implemented in Oxygen XML Web Author 26. Note that you can experiment with the AI Positron Assistant and other features using our demo at https://www.oxygenxml.com/oxygen-xml-web-author/app/oxygen.html For the full list of features added in Web Author 26, go to https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_web_author/whats_new.html

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00:00:03We're very excited to announce the release of Oxygen XML Web Author 26, and in this video, we

00:00:10will show you some highlights of new features and updates that were implemented in this version.

00:00:15Oxygen's new AI Positron Assistant plugin contributes a side pane that becomes a powerful

00:00:20tool to help writers use AI-generated content. It offers a variety of AI-powered actions.

00:00:28For example, you could have the AI generate a short description for the current topic.

00:00:34You can see the response from the AI server in the side pane and actions are available

00:00:39under each response depending on the action, for instance "insert" in this case to add

00:00:44the short description in the document. Next, we'll intentionally create a grammar

00:00:51problem ... and select the paragraph ... and then we can use the "Correct Grammar" action.

00:01:01This time we'll click "preview" ... and it opens a file comparison where you can clearly see the

00:01:07changes that the AI suggested ... and if you agree with the changes, you can apply them.

00:01:14To demonstrate one more action, we'll select a short paragraph ... and we'll

00:01:21choose the "Improve Readability" action ... and again, we could preview the response,

00:01:29or copy it to the clipboard, and in this case, we can click "replace" to insert the

00:01:34AI response, replacing the original content. Also, notice that there's a history drop-down

00:01:41in the top-right corner where you can see and easily select your most recently used actions.

00:01:47The AI Positron Assistant is a plugin that you can try out using the samples

00:01:51available from the Web Author website. It will also be available for installation

00:01:56in on-premise deployments very soon. For DITA users, it is now much easier to

00:02:02edit profiling attributes. You can click the new editing icon directly within the

00:02:08document. It opens a dialog box where you can select from the available values.

00:02:15Or you can right-click an attribute and select "Edit Profiling Attributes"

00:02:19from the contextual menu. And in the Attributes side pane,

00:02:27you can click an attribute and an icon becomes available to the right that also

00:02:31opens the Edit Profiling Attributes dialog box. It is now much easier to insert topic references

00:02:39from the content completion assistant. When you select "Topic Reference (New Topic)",

00:02:46it opens a file creation wizard where you can choose a template and then the path

00:02:51and file name for the new DITA topic. And after clicking "Create", the new topic is created and

00:03:03a reference to it is added in the map. For file servers accessible using the CMIS

00:03:10protocol (such as FileNet), if you show the Version History, you now have the ability to

00:03:17trigger a comparison of two particular versions directly from the Version History dialog box,

00:03:22without needing to trigger the comparison using other actions outside the Version History.

00:03:28When using the Compare With Another File action, the file is no longer always opened

00:03:33as read-only. For example, we'll compare the current file with the same file from

00:03:38a different branch ... and you can see that in the comparison tool, you have the ability

00:03:54to copy the changes and then merge them. With change tracking enabled, if you rename

00:04:08an XML element in the visial editor, the change is now tracked as an element deletion followed

00:04:19by an insertion, providing a more accurate visual representation of the change.

00:04:30When using the Insert Special Characters action, for certain characters, such as

00:04:35those that represent whitespace characters, it is now easier to identify the character because

00:04:41when hovering over a symbol, it now displays the name of the special character along with

00:04:46its corresponding unicode character. Static text labels that are presented in

00:04:57the visual editor are now translated into Chinese if the language attribute is set in the topic's

00:05:02root element. Previously, Chinese translations were not supported for the static text, as you

00:05:08can see in the right side of this comparison. A free plugin is available that makes it possible

00:05:17to edit Mermaid diagrams and charts embedded in your XML documents. If you click the Edit

00:05:24button displayed in the diagram, it opens a window where you can edit the components in

00:05:28the left pane and the changes are reflected in real-time in the diagram in the right pane.

00:05:41These were just some of the new features added in Web Author 26. For a complete list of all

00:05:47the additions, updates, and implementations, go to our What's New page on our website.

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