Acrolinx 4.0
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Introducing Acrolinx 4.0 28 January 2014 PG Bartlett, Acrolinx
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At this presentation, you’ll learn how Acrolinx is helping you: *Create content that’s an even better match for your company’s target tone of voice *Generate reports that are more useful to you – and more valuable to your management *Set up Acrolinx more easily *Enjoy other improvements in productivity and ease of use *This release enhances our support for technical communicators and expands our support to marketing departments so that everyone can produce compelling content.
Transcript of Acrolinx 4.0
Introducing Acrolinx 4.0
28 January 2014
PG Bartlett, Acrolinx
Highlights of Acrolinx 4.0
Voice Scores Acrolinx Analytics Terminology Rule Context Configuration “Scorecard”
Schedule:– Announce today– Release February 28, 2014
Voice ScoresCreate More Engaging Content
Driving Success in the Content Era
Relationships are now built on content– Buyers complete 70% of
decision before they engage with sales
Technical content now as important as marketing content to help buyers choose
Acrolinx 4.0 focuses on entire customer journey– Both marketing & technical
content
For almost 89% of buyers, high-quality technical content is either important (33%) or very important (56%) to their initial purchase decision.
– IBM survey of clients and prospective clients
“Audiences are inundated by pleasfor their attention.
“Consumers no longer respond to anything but the most compelling content.”
– Gartner
Voice Scores: Create More Engaging Content
“Voice Scores” measuretone of voice
(“Style” rules guide authorsto avoid violations; theydo not measure specificaspects of style)
Voice Scores help you create content that’s more engaging by giving authors feedback on their content’s tone of voice
All customers receive this capability
Out-of-the-box scores shown above (initially available only for English)
How Voice Scores Work
Voice Scores are measurements only– For scores outside target range, Acrolinx displays general guidance
• Example: “here’s how to increase ‘Liveliness’… ”
– Specific guidance comes from Style rules
Score of 100 is “highest,” not“best”– Target score may vary based on
document type– Example: techdocs may have a
lower target for “informality”
Score calculations not customer-specific– Instead, you adjust targets to your corporate & document goals
Acrolinx AnalyticsEnterprise-Class Reporting
Acrolinx Analytics: Meet Executive Needs
New enterprise-class reporting capabilities– Metrics that executives expect &
demand
Improved user experience & performance
Replacement for “Reporting” functionality– If you’re licensed for Reporting,
then you get Analytics– If you’re not, please talk to your
Acrolinx account manager
Twelve Standard Reports
New reports on cost savings, quality, usage Assess results against goals Calculate cost savings / ROI Identify problems for translation
Distribution of checks by document type, language, plug-in, rule set, user
Metrics (words & sentences per document, flags per 1000 words, avg. sentence length, avg. score)
Checks performed per hour For one rule, list of documents with flags for that rule Number of flags for each rule Top spelling issues Quality improvement over time Quality improvement by document ROI by category ROI by period Terminology usage grouped by status Number of checks per month
Simple Report Generation
Choose report type
Select report parameters
New Custom Fields & Dashboard Control
Acrolinx 3.x had User Information only
Acrolinx 4.0 adds:– Document
Information– Configurable in
Dashboard You can configure custom fields in Dashboard:• Field category (User or Document)• Field name• Field type (List or Free-form)• Field values (if List)
Custom Fields
Document Fields (examples)
Product Document type Version Audience
User Fields (examples)
User name User ID Workgroup Department Division Subsidiary
Acrolinx Analytics – Dashboard Functionality
Configure ROI report parameters (values, currency)
Select users to “ignore” (typically users who only run tests)
Anonymize user-specific data; helps comply with information privacy laws
Search for Checking Reports based on date range & report name
Set up ROI Categories
Assign Rules to ROI Categories
TerminologyEasier & Faster Editing of Terminology
Terminology: Easier & Faster
Terms displayed in infinitely scrolling list (no longer paged)– Easier to work with long lists
Many parameters editable in place– No need to leave list view, which reduces picks and clicks
Can “group” terms in list view– Can easily see synonym terms, which speeds up terminology
approval
Grouping & In-Place Editing of Terminology
Rule ContextsEasily Adapt Acrolinx to Parts of Your Content
Rule Contexts
Your administrators can enable/disable rules for specific portions (“contexts”) of document– Example: use imperative in procedures
Enable/disable rules through Dashboard– Quick & simple
Previously, only Acrolinx Professional Services could set up rules for specific contexts
Change Context for Rule
ScorecardReplaces Checking Report & Results Dialog
Why Change?
You asked for:– Improved usability– Additional functionality– More information
We wanted to add:– Support for Voice Scores– Sleeker format
Introducing the Acrolinx Scorecard
We combined Checking Report and Results Dialog– When check completes, pop-up window contains entire report
Improved usability– Scores now range from 0 (bad) to 100 (good)– Starting view provides quick, complete overview of results– Tabbed interface eases navigation– Links look like links– Select “Do not show this window again” to suppress window from
appearing after each check New functionality
– Shows average sentence length (words/sentence)– Provides one-click creation of an email about an issue
Scorecard
Tabs brings you quickly to area of interest.
Hover to see list of most frequent issues.
