And when it buys it abroad, it engages in foreign outsourcing, or armslength trade. Although many different file formats can be combined into a single pdf word documents, graphics files, excel tables, existing pdf files, etc. Pdf file or convert a pdf file to docx, jpg, or other file format. It allows one document to be used in different kinds of formats, thereby increasing the usability of the documentation. The buying organization can also enter responses on behalf of suppliers when necessary. Singlesourcing is the use of a single document to produce other forms of documents, such as manuals and online help. Single source publishing is more than just publishing your documents into multiple versions in any medium. Many documentation departments produce detailed and welldesigned paper documentation. Arbortext author and print singlesourcing solutions. The 5 principles of single sourcing in technical documentation. Singlesource publishing, also known as singlesourcing publishing, is a content management. Instead, more and more companies have begun to source related functions to multiple providers. Establish a consistent corporate branding across different documents.
Strategic sourcing is a logical process involving the application of tools by skilled, competent and knowledgeable people. Tens of thousands of authors worldwide use arbortext editor to generate product information such as operator and maintenance manuals, service guides and elearning materials as well as other marketing, sales and reference documents. For example, if your topic has a part that is only suitable for developers, wrap it in a conditional block and assign the developers output tag. The basic single sourcing algorithm is straightforward and we have covered most of it already in the discussion of basic content processing. Conditional statements allow you to maintain a single master for all outputs, even when the outputs are for different purposes or audience. Pdf strategic sourcing, sourcing capability and firm. Helpndoc help authoring tool create help files, user.
Enter a file name for the pdf file in the file name edit box and click save. Well provide examples using microsoft word and explain how a properly formatted source document is the secret to pdf accessibility success. Strategic sourcing, sourcing capability and firm performance in the us textile and apparel industry article pdf available in strategic outsourcing an international journal 52 june 2012 with. Madcap doctohelp single sourcing for multiple outputs. There are a number of possible controls that can be used to reduce the risk that source documents are not properly recorded in an accounting system. It can generate various documentation formats from a single source. Singlesource is a nationwide service provider to many of the largest loan origination, servicing, and secondary entities. Also, different documents may contain common content that you can reuse. Microsoft word as more and more software projects become webfriendly and the number of document delivery formats increases, the ability to generate multiple versions of documentation in. Understanding the sourcing event rfx document process flow. Pdf choosing between single and multiple sourcing based. Therefore, in a single sourcing model, it is crucial that the customer carefully select a supplier that will, over the outsourcing term. Single sourcing and content management in technical communication. In purchasing sole sourcing take place when only one supplier for the required item is available, whereas with single sourcing a particular supplier is.
Your documentation architecture becomes much more important than the design of a particular document. Singlesource publishing is most often understood as the creation of one source document in an authoring tool and converting that document into different file formats or human languages or both. Helpndoc is one of the most popular and easy to use help authoring tool hat. Sourcing asks students to consider who wrote a document as well as the circumstances of its creation. Jan 16, 2020 learn about principles and importance of accessibility and how to apply current standards to your technical documentation. For example, text prepared for a printed book might be prepared in a form that could also be used without additional authorial involvement or adaptation as any of. It can make working with complex documentation much more efficient. Increasingly, however, one paper manual is not enough. A concept that comes up regularly when discussing best practise in technical writing is single sourcing.
This is particularly true for the pdf file, as it is essentially a paper based manual provided online. If you have a collection of imagessay, documents you scanned into your computer as jpegsyou can combine them into a pdf document. Provides an introduction to the benefits of single sourcing summarises the obstacles to successfully completing a single source project outlines some single sourcing strategies and writing techniques introduces some single sourcing tools and technologies. This is one of the most powerful single sourcing techniques. Sourcing is a critical activity used at both tactical and strategic levels. Intel corporation provides an example of the fdi strategy. One of the more common controls is to prenumber documents, so that missing documents.
Is it expected that we maintain our printable user documentation outside of robohelp and use robohelp only to generate our online help files prior to releas. A pdf file is a portable document format file, developed by adobe systems. Developing the strategic sourcing strategy is a fundamental part of the purchasing and supply management process. This practice, known as multisourcing or bestinbreed. Combine or merge files into a single pdf, adobe acrobat dc. Navigate to the location where you want to save the pdf file. Procbook is designed for singlesourcing procbook is designed for singlesourcing the fundamental concept of information chunking is the most essential ingredient of effective singlesourcing, and structured document authoring is the optimal way to build documents out of chunks. Basic single sourcing involves taking a piece of content in the document domain and processing its document domain. Aug 23, 2019 know what single sourcing content is and how to work with single sourcing content in framemaker. This poster reminds students before reading a document to ask. A single source procurement is one in which two or more vendors can supply the commodity, technology and or perform the services required by an agency, but the department selects one vendor over the others.
Jan, 2016 single sourcing and reuse in technical documentation is getting more and more widespread these days. Film sourcing production documents and templates are not intended to be legal advice and are for educational purposes only. Open the pdf that serves as the basis of the combined file. Only with adobe acrobat reader you can view, sign, collect and track feedback, and share pdfs for free. Singlesourcing and content reuse clickhelp features. Single sourcing is the development of information content in a form that can conveniently be the basis for other forms of content. These steps describe the application, user role, and transactions needed to complete the document process for a sourcing.
Ford, for example, was able to tag its single owners manual files so that 12 model years could be generated via a resolution script running on the. The user can use this single paper or document in different formats to create manual or online texts or papers. Sourcing is the process of finding and subsequently managing a source for the input of production. Writing accessible technical documentation singlesourcing.
The procbook edd used to create this document is designed. Departments must state the circumstances leading to the selection of the vendor. Thus, in this situation, the timesheet is the source document for a sale transaction. This section describes the different characteristics of single sourcing and multi sourcing. When it comes to merging pdfs into one document, the clear king is pdfsam basic. Single sourcing article about single sourcing by the. Combining multiple documents into a single pdf file. With the arbortext author and print package, you get the full capability of arbortext editor plus the ability to create pdf output.
Sourcing classroom poster stanford history education group. The impact of single sourcing and technology the rockley group. But if that document has to be imported into a singlesourcing tool like flare, ugly code often causes problems that few authors know how to avoid or fix. How to combine images into one pdf file in windows. Drag into it the files that you want to combine into a single. Suppliers to access and respond to sourcing events in real time, improving collaboration, participation, and employee productivity. Sap sourcing clm 2012 webcast series goal spread the knowledge about sap sourcing build and leverage the sap sourcing community audience sap consulting and field services partner consulting sap sourcing customers provided by sap sourcing center of excellence sap sourcing product management. Developing and implementing a strategic sourcing strategy. Word and framemaker documents about importing word and framemaker documents best practices for importing documents importing word documents. Single sourcing article about single sourcing by the free. The origins of singlesource publishing lie, indirectly, with the release of windows 3. How to scan multiple pages into one pdf and for free.
Like object oriented programming, single source documentation takes time up front that is returned ten fold down the road. Vakharia b a department of finance and quantitative analysis. The sourcing strategy development phase is an iterative process that involves deep dive analyses of the citys current it environment, including utilized resources and associated costs. Single sourcing has become increasingly practiced today. In this article we will look at single sourcing as defined above. Choosing between single and multiple sourcing based on supplier default risk. Single sourcing can refer to any one of the following. We show that in contrast to results in the extant literature, single sourcing may not be the optimal strategy of a buyer facing suppliers with strictly convex costs. Single sourcing features in flare about the sample project sample project single sourcing diagram word and framemaker documents about importing word and framemaker documents. Creating a link to a destination in a pdf document. Filmmaking contracts should always be customised to suit each.
The concept is created to help supply chain managers and practitioners to improve, develop and implement strategic sourcing strategies. Multichannel publishing can either be seen as synonymous with singlesource publishing, or similar in that there is one source document but the process itself results in more than a mere reproduction of that source. The procbook edd used to create this document is designed among other things to facilitate single. Sep 15, 2015 a concept that comes up regularly when discussing best practise in technical writing is single sourcing. Helpstudio enables single source browser help, html help, help 2. Single sourcing content when designing training material.
The process of producing multiple outputs from one single source of information. In practice, it most often refers to a framemaker file set with conditional text which, when the conditions are set appropriately, allows you to create variants of the original document. Combine files into a single pdf, insert a pdf into another pdf, insert a clipboard selection into a pdf, or placeinsert a pdf as a link in another file. Singlesourcing and small projects techscribe technical. How to modularize using microsoft word as a single. Because you were included in a small random sample of stc members, your information is vital to achieving the purpose of the survey even if you do not use single sourcing or content management. Just as developers write code that can be compiled for a variety of operating systems, writers can adopt methods for singlesourcing their manuals. There is a way to single source using ms word 2007 and later.
Deliver the particular set of services in a competitive manner. Tutorial summary addresses the changing face of technology. Pdf the selection of a given purchasing strategy is a central activity in risky environments. The decision to sole source an item, particularly for manufacturing has many benefits and risks to be considered.
The same directory where the images are stored is selected as the default location, but you can change that. For example, you may need to publish the same document online or to pdf. With singlesourcing, the parts of each document are written in one source file. Successful single sourcing allows you to create and maintain one single set of information and yet. My company has user manuals in word that they want to generate into online help. Tutorial summary r addresses the changing face of technology, information design, and the skills required to ensure effective information development r argues that the use of document databases, single sourcing.
A single source procurement is one in which two or more vendors can supply the commodity, technology and or perform the services required by an agency, but the department selects. Pdf choosing between single and multiple sourcing based on. Single sourcing the customer chooses a single supplier to provide the entire set of services that it wishes to outsource, and relies on that supplier to carry responsibility for the outsourced services throughout the. Taking advantage of singlesourcing documentation gvi. The overall goals of strategic sourcing is to achieve large and sustainable cost reductions, longterm supply stability and minimization of supply risk.
The simplest method is to use file new document, and choose the option to combine files into a single pdf. Single sourcing course overview welcome audience course overview course guide preparing your computer for the course single sourcing overview what is single sourcing. If a supplier cannot respond online, a pdf document of the event can be downloaded, printed, or faxed. The idea is simple some content blocks may be shown or hidden, depending on how you configure. Creating one document and producing it in different formats e. Innovasys, producer of leading edge documentation and help authoring tools. A real options approach article pdf available in journal of purchasing and supply management 161.
Your feedback is important, and helps us to best meet your needs as a user of our products. Single sourcing and reuse in technical documentation is getting more and more widespread these days. Single sourcing an introduction by justin darley 12 january 2003 summary many documentation departments produce detailed and welldesigned paper documentation. This is where applying single sourcing techniques in flare like condition tags, text variables, and reusable snippets can be easily and quickly applied. I needed to modularize documents chunks, assemble modules in varying orders across multiple documents. The parts can be sentences, paragraphs, or sections. You can choose to show or hide content in this document. When writing documentation, you often need to provide multiple different output for the same content. If your pdf file contains different page sizes, like letter and legal, you can specify that the pages print on the correct paper size. Production, manufacturing and logistics single versus multiple supplier sourcing strategies gerard j. Net, activex, database, java, javascript, web service and xml schema xsd documentation. Of even greater concern is the ability to create and maintain technically accurate documentation that can be deployed in either print or online versions from a single source document. This free opensource pdf editing software works on mac, windows, and linux without losing any features across.
What is single sourcing, and why is it often considered to be best practise. Remember, when using madcap flare, you can manage your training content as a single source and successfully integrate a blended learning training package. Change the appearance of documents headers, footers, css by modifying one file and then applying. No one has access to your files and privacy is 100% guaranteed. And when you want to do more, subscribe to acrobat pro dc.
By using single sourcing for multiple types of output documents, you only need to create content once. It is concerned with what needs to be purchased, why, when and where. E4896807 oracle welcomes customers comments and suggestions on the quality and usefulness of this document. Follow these steps to use adobe acrobat to combine or merge word, excel, powerpoint, audio, or video files, web pages, or existing pdfs. Combine or merge files into single pdf insert a clipboard selection into a pdf windows open the document containing the content that you want to add. For more information cherryleaf ltd cherryleaf house 31 arlington road. Our wide range of product and service offerings can be summarized by 5 main lines of business. Single versus multiple supplier sourcing strategies.
The choose paper source setting tells a printer to select the paper tray that. Authors need at least some training in how to use word but few companies offer it. Pdfs were designed to be a universal, easytoread document format, and they serve that purpose well. The writers of the source file specify which parts are necessary for each of the different documents. Benefits and risks of single sourcing scm supply chain. Jan 09, 2019 doctohelp can turn a word document into an html responsive website, an ebook, a pdf, a pressready printable manual, or even a chm file to be built into software.