Resources to Help You Get Started Using Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin

Configuring Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin

There are numerous ways that you can configure Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin to accommodate your specific needs.

See the Configuring Oxygen section for details on the various ways that you can configure the application and its features.

Video Tutorials and Webinars

The Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin website includes numerous video demonstrations and webinars that present many of the features that are available in Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin and show you how to complete specific tasks or how to use the various features.

Go to the Oxygen Videos page to see the list of video tutorials.

Go to the Oxygen Events page to see all the upcoming and past webinars, conferences, and other events.

Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin Documentation

The Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin documentation includes a plethora of sections and topics to provide you with a variety of information, ranging from basic authoring tasks to advanced developer techniques. You can, of course, search through the documentation using standard search mechanisms, but you can also place the cursor in any particular position in the interface and use the F1 key to open a dialog box that presents a section in the documentation that is appropriate for the context of the current cursor position. Aside from the other topics in this Getting Started section, the following are links to other sections of the documentation that might be helpful for your specific needs:

Text Editing Mode Section - Provides information about the Text editor.
Author Editing Mode Section - Provides information about the visual WYSIWYG-like Author editing mode.
Editing Specific Document Types Chapter - Includes information about editing numerous different types of documents.
DITA Authoring Chapter - Provides information about using DITA to edit and structure your content.
Publishing Chapter - Provides information about the various ways that you can publish content.
Importing Data Chapter - Provides information about importing data from text files, MS Excel files, database data, and HTML files.
Tools Chapter - Details about the various built-in tools that are available in Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin.

Sample Documents

Your installation of Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin includes a large variety of sample documents and projects that you can use as templates to get started and to experiment with the various features and technologies. They are located in the samples folder that is located in the installation directory of Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin. You will find files and folders for various types of documents, including the following:

Sample project file (sample.xpr) - A sample project file that will allow you to experiment with how projects can be structured and used. When you open this project file, you will be able to see all the sample files and folders in the Project Explorer view.
Sample files (personal.xml, etc.) - A collection of interrelated sample files that will allow you to experiment with the structure and relationship between files, stylesheets, and schemas.
Various document type folders - The various folders contain sample files for numerous document types, such as CSS, DITA, DocBook, ePub, TEI, XHTML, and many others.

Other Resources

The following list includes links to various other resources that will help you get started using the features of Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin:

See the Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin Blog Site for a large variety of current and archived blogs regarding numerous features, requests, and instructional topics.
Take advantage of the Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin Forum to see various announcements and learn more about specific issues that other users have experienced.
If you are using DITA, see the incredibly helpful DITA Style Guide Best Practices for Authors.
To learn about the WebHelp features in Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin, see the Publishing DITA to WebHelp section of the website.
For more information about various additional tools that are integrated into Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin, see the Tools section.
See the External Resource Page for links to various other helpful resources, such as discussion lists, external tutorials, and more.
See the Oxygen SDK section for details about the SDK that allows you to extend and develop Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin frameworks and plugins, and to integrate Eclipse plugins.
For a list of new features that were implemented in the latest version of Oxygen XML Author Eclipse plugin, see the What's New Section on the website.