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© 1992-2013 Smart Communications, Inc. New York All Rights Reserved. www.smartny.com MAXit for FrameMaker with ASD-STE100 Highlights of the MAXit Checker for FrameMaker MAXit is a “plug-in” for easy editing within FrameMaker versions 7.0 to 11.0 structured and unstructured files. MAXit creates 40 color-coded messages. MAXit uses custom dictionaries for product nomenclature. MAXit critique is fast, one page per second. MAXit reports quality metrics for QA/QC (six sigma). MAXit allows for global collaborative editing and writing. MAXit is an ideal tool to prepare texts for translation. MAXit is available for Windows XP, Windows 7, Win8.1. MAXit allows for shared dictionaries on a central server. MAXit checks for ASD Simplified Technical English. MAXit increases readability and decreases support costs. How the MAXit Checker works... The writer selects the text by paragraph, page or docu- ment. MAXit uses custom dictionaries and extensive grammatical and syntactical rules to critique the text electronically. MAXit includes the rules and dictionary from Release 6, January 2013, ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical for S1000D, NATO and Mil compliance. MAXit displays the errors with color-coded messages, suggestions, corrections and synonyms, as shown. The writer can use all the FrameMaker edit functions and the MAXit functions interactively. MAXit for FrameMaker is an interactive text critique “plug-in” for FrameMaker. MAXit is a quality control poka-yoke that can validate texts against ASD-STE 100 Simplified Technical Eng- lish vocabulary, grammar, syntax and style. The SMART Text Miner is a software tool that extracts knowledge and terminology from existing documents. The SMART Text Miner can create Simplified Technical English in days, not months. Ideal for glossaries, ontologies, taxonomies, custom diction- aries and terminology management. How to learn ASD-STE100? SMART offers hands-on Writers’ Workshops or Web Training to teach technical writers how to write in Simplified Technical English with the MAXit Checker for FrameMaker. Simplified Technical English (STE) is a small controlled, technical English vocabulary designed to write aerospace product support documentation. The use of STE removes ambiguity and increases the usability and readability of Component Maintenance Manuals (CMM) and instructions for S1000D. 115 E. 57th St., 11th Flr., New York, NY 10022 USA Tel: +1(212) 486-1894 [email protected] www.smartny.com

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© 1992-2013 Smart Communications, Inc. New York • All Rights Reserved. www.smartny.com • MAXit for FrameMaker with ASD-STE100

Highlights of the MAXit Checker for FrameMaker• MAXit is a “plug-in” for easy editing within FrameMaker

versions 7.0 to 11.0 structured and unstructured files.• MAXit creates 40 color-coded messages.• MAXit uses custom dictionaries for product nomenclature.• MAXit critique is fast, one page per second.• MAXit reports quality metrics for QA/QC (six sigma).• MAXit allows for global collaborative editing and writing.• MAXit is an ideal tool to prepare texts for translation.• MAXit is available for Windows XP, Windows 7, Win8.1.• MAXit allows for shared dictionaries on a central server.• MAXit checks for ASD Simplified Technical English.• MAXit increases readability and decreases support costs.

How the MAXit Checker works...The writer selects the text by paragraph, page or docu-ment. MAXit uses custom dictionaries and extensivegrammatical and syntactical rules to critique the textelectronically. MAXit includes the rules and dictionaryfrom Release 6, January 2013, ASD-STE100 SimplifiedTechnical for S1000D, NATO and Mil compliance.

MAXit displays the errors with color-coded messages,suggestions, corrections and synonyms, as shown.

The writer can use all the FrameMaker edit functionsand the MAXit functions interactively.

MAXit for FrameMaker is an interactive text critique “plug-in” for FrameMaker. MAXit is a quality control poka-yoke that can validate texts against ASD-STE 100 Simplified Technical Eng-lish vocabulary, grammar, syntax and style.

The SMART Text Miner is a software tool that extractsknowledge and terminology fromexisting documents. The SMARTText Miner can create Simplified

Technical English in days, not months. Ideal forglossaries, ontologies, taxonomies, custom diction-aries and terminology management.

How to learn ASD-STE100?

SMART offers hands-on Writers’ Workshops orWeb Training to teach technical writers how towrite in Simplified Technical English with theMAXit Checker for FrameMaker.

Simplified Technical English (STE) is a small controlled, technical

English vocabulary designed to write aerospace product support documentation. The use of STE removes ambiguity and increases the usability and readability of Component Maintenance Manuals (CMM) and instructions for S1000D.

115 E. 57th St., 11th Flr., New York, NY 10022 USATel: +1(212) 486-1894 [email protected]

www.smartny.com