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Acrolinx 5.4Gain insights into your content faster than ever

Welcome to Acrolinx 5.4! This exciting new release has features designed to improve content creation and review.

In this update, discover:

OurnewAnalyticsdashboardsconfiguration,whichdeliversinsights

and information faster

HowtofindtherighttermsandkeywordswiththeTermHarvesting

and Findability dashboards

FasterreviewsofyourcontentwiththenewCheckSelectionoption

OurnewAnalyticsdashboardsconfigurationThenewupdatemakesiteasiertofindtheinformationrelevanttoyou.OurnewAnalyticsdashboardsconfigurationis

designedtosaveyoutimeandhelpyougetmoreoutofAcrolinx.

Find your dashboard faster.ThenewAnalyticsdashboardshomescreen(Figure1)ensuresthatyoucanquicklyfindtherelevantmetricsandtools.

We’vedividedthe15dashboardsintofourcategories,eachwithaclearusecase:

• Impactfocusesonshowingyoutheimpactyourcontenthasonyourbusiness.Usethesedashboardstogetahigh-

levelviewofthequalityofyourcontent.Youcanalsoseewhereyou’vemadeimprovementsandsavings.

• Analysisshowshowyourcontentisperformingagainsttargetsovertime.Thesedashboardshelpmarketers,quality

controllers,andteamleadersseehowcontentalignswithgoals.

• Guidance includes a dashboard that helps administrators fine-tune guidance by revealing metrics on specific

grammar, style, and terminology issues. Term Harvesting enables you to discover terminology relevant to your

content.Findabilityhelpsyoudiscoverandtargetthekeywordsthatmakeyouronlinecontentdiscoverable.

• HealthholdsthedashboardsthatenableadministratorstoseehowtheirorganizationisusingAcrolinx.Withthese

dashboards,youcanseemetricsonthedocumentschecked,activeusers,andintegrations.

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Analytics Dashboards

Analysis

Health

Impact

Guidance

Improvements

Trends

GuidanceOverview CheckingActivity

IntegrationTracking

ContentQuality

QualitySnapshot

Findability

TermHarvesting ServerMonitor

ContentComparison

CostSavings

CategoryScores

ScoreRoll-Up

Dashboards

Figure 1. ThenewAnalyticsdashboardshomescreen

Gain insight faster.Ouranalyticsandusabilityexpertshaveassessedthevalueofeachdashboardtoyou.Basedonthatassessment,we’ve

addedfournewdashboards(ContentComparison,Score-Roll-Up,Findability,andTermHarvesting)andupdatedothersto

delivermorevalueandmeetyouractualneeds.

Forexample,inearlierversions,somedashboardsgatheredarangeofinformationinoneplace.However,wefoundthat

customerswantedaquickandclearanswertoaspecificquestion.InAcrolinx5.4,we’vereplacedthosedashboardswith

moretargetedonestogivethatspeedandeaseofuse(Figure2A–D).

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Figure 2A. ThenewTrendsdashboard

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Figure 2B. ThenewImprovementsdashboard

Figure 2C. ThenewContentQualitydashboard

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Figure 2D. ThenewContentComparisondashboard

Thenewdashboardconfigurationmakesiteasiertofindtheinsightsyou’relookingfor,ensuringthatyoudon’tmissany

importantdetails.

AdedicatedfeatureforterminologydevelopmentWanttodeterminethewordsthatarerelevanttoyourcompany?Orcheckthatauthorswriteproductnamescorrectly?

BothtasksareeasierwithTermHarvesting.

Thisuser-friendlyfunctionalityreviewsadocumentorsetofdocuments,reportingonthetermsthatareusedalongwith

theirfrequencyandvariations,lettingyouquicklyseewhat’sbeingusedandhow(Figure3).Itenablesquickanddefinitive

decisionsontherighttermsforyou—andtherightvariations!CheckanysetofdocumentsinAcrolinx-compatibleformats

toseewhichtermsareusedinthemarketandinyourowncontent.

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Figure 3. TermHarvestingresultsscreen

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MorepowertofindtherightkeywordsEffectivecommunicationisaboutmorethanpresentingwell-writtencontentthroughyourownonlineenvironment.Ifyour

targetaudiencedoesn’tseeyourmessage,allthehardworkoncreatingcontentiswasted.

Findability 5.4Findabilitymeans rankingwell in searches. If your content isfindable, yourmessagewill reach itsaudience.Acrolinx

Findabilityisdesignedtoensureyoudiscoverandtargettherightkeywords,andleveragetherightcontent.

WithAcrolinx5.4,we’vefocusedonunderstandinghowkeywordsareusedacrossmultipledocuments.

Understand keyword use across multiple documents.ThenewFindabilitydashboardhelpsyouunderstandhowyourauthorsusekeywordsacrosswholesetsofcontentwithout

having tocheckeachdocument individually. Inoneconvenientanalysis, you receiveanoverviewof the topkeywords

acrossyourcontent,keywordcountperdocument,keywordfrequencyperword,andtheprominenceofthekeywordsin

contextsliketitlesandheadings(Figure4).

TheFindabilitydashboardalsomakesitpossibletofindthedocumentsthatuseaparticularkeyword(Figure5).

Figure 4. Findability results for a set of documents

UPDATE!

Discovered Keywords Discovered Keywords Summary

Keyword Document Average Average Count Frequency Prominence

clarity 1 43.6 74.7

analytics 1 34.6 59.8

keyword placement 1 33.3 44.2

integration 1 31.5 44.1

terminology 1 22.1 44.1

content comparison 1 19.5 43.1

grammar 1 12.2 43.4

branding 1 9.6 43.4

target audience 1 7.3 44.5

content creation 1 2.6 44.3

authoring tools 1 1.8 42.5

analytics

keyword placementintegration

terminology

content comparison

grammarbranding

target audiencecontent creation

authoring tools

clarity

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Figure 5. Keyword occurrence by document

OurfasterCheckSelectionfunctionWanttogetquickfeedbackonashortsectionofalargedocument?IntheSidebar(Figure6),you’llfindtheoption“Check

Selection,”whichenablesyoutorestrictachecktoahighlightedsectionofyourcontent.

The default “Check” function gives feedback on the whole document, including an Acrolinx Score. “Check Selection”

quicklyassessesthehighlightedsection.

Applicationsincludequicklyreviewingasectiondeliveredbyacollaboratingwriter;checkingarevisedchapter;orgetting

fastfeedbackonasectionyou’vejustfinished.

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Figure 6. UsingthefasterCheckSelectionfunction

ThefasterCheckSelectionisavailableforthefollowingintegrations:

• Microsoft®WordandPowerPoint®onWindows®andMac®OSX®

• Adobe®InDesign®andFrameMaker®(XML,structuredandunstructured)

• OxygenEclipse®andOxygenstandalone

• GoogleDocs™

• IBM®Notes®

• XMetaL®

• Arbortext®

OurlatestSidebarintegrationsAsalways,thenewAcrolinxversioncomeswithSidebarintegrations.WehaveanewintegrationforArbortextand

updatesforbothWordPress®andXMetaL.

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Acrolinx:designedtohelpyoumakeamazingcontentAcrolinxistheonlysoftwarethatreadsyourcontentandhelpsyoumakeitbetter.

TheAcrolinxAnalyticsDashboardsdeliveracomprehensiveviewofcontentquality,lettingyoumonitorkeymetrics,fine-

tuneguidance,andseethevalueofAcrolinxtoyourorganization.Workingseamlesslywithseveralauthoringtools,the

AcrolinxSidebarislikeapersonalcontentcoach,deliveringguidanceonbranding,grammar,style,andclarity.Thesoftware

alsofeaturesarangeofothertoolsandoptions.Learnmoreinourmainbrochure.

OurStory

BuiltonScienceWe’rewhathappenswhenyoumixtogetherabunchofcomputational linguistsandaskthemtosolvetoughlanguage

problems. Born out of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, we’re passionate about language and

technology.

WithaLoveofLanguageWelovelanguageandrevelinitsdiversity,complexity,andrichness.Greatlanguageilluminatesideas,ignitesimagination,

anddelights the ear.Our softwarehelps youcreate content that ismore findable, readable, andenjoyable. That’s our

business.

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