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• careers - English
• project manager - English
• desktop publishing specialist - English
• quality control - English
• adobe framemaker experience - English

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• Localization - English
• Voice Over - English
• Film and Video Scripts - English
• Website Optimization - English
• Flex Development - English
• Graphic Design - English
• Multilingual Desktop Publishing - English
• Software Testing - English
• DITA and XML Content Management - English
• Flash Development - English

Opticentre:

• About Opticentre - English

Website News

Latest News:

• - Apple Releases Aperture Update - English
• - Adobe Fixes Zero Day Security Problem - English

Frequent Asked Questions

DITA and XML Content Management:

• - What is the DITA standard - English?
• - What is the DocBook standard - English?
• - What is CMS (Content Management System) - English?
• - What is DocBook - English?
• - Why DocBook is needed - English?
• - What is XML Content Management - English?
• - What is Web Content Management - English?

Content and Asset Management:

• - What is a Content Management System - English?
• - What are the benefits of content management - English?
• - What are the types of content management systems - English?
• - Why content management workflow matters - English?
• - What is a Globalization Management System - English?
• - What is Meta Data - English?

Process and Methodology:

• - What is Translation Management - English?
• - What is a Project Tracking System - English?
• - What is Source Control - English?
• - Why do you need Source Control - English?
• - Why do you need Content Management - English?
• - What are the benefits of Content Management - English?

Translation and Localization:

• - What is translation - English?
• - What is Localization - English?
• - How does localization differ from straight translation - English?
• - What is document translation - English?
• - What is software translation - English?
• - What is software localization (l10n) - English?
• - What is web site localization and translation - English?
• - Why do you need localization services - English?
• - What is the standard localization process and why is not translating enough - English?
• - What are the different types of localization services - English?
• - What is the definition of internationalization and how does it relate to localization - English?
• - Why pay for localization services if some distributors offer them for free - English?
• - Why pay for translation services instead of using free automatic translation - English?
• - Why pay a localization company when I can do it internally - English?
• - Are you able to download our website to localize it - English?
• - Why do you need your website localized - English?
• - What kind of documents can you proofread and edit - English?
• - What is specialized translation - English?
• - Why Opticentre is right for you when it comes to document translation - English?
• - Why choose Opticentre for Desktop Publishing Localization and File Translation - English?
• - Why work with Opticentre and not with one of the larger companies - English?
• - What is the process of multimedia localization - English?
• - Authoring Tools and Technologies - English?
• - What is translation memory - English?
• - Why use TM - English?
• - A note on TMX - English?
• - Preparing Documentation for Localization - English?
• - Preparing Help for localization - English?
• - Graphics localization - English?
• - Help Testing and Engineering - English?
• - Basic terminology - English?

Help desking and Support:

• - What is Help Desk - English?
• - What is Help Desk Technical Support - English?
• - What is a web enabled helpdesk - English?
• - When should Help Desk be used - English?
• - Why do you need Help Desk Support - English?
• - Why is Help Desk better than traditional phone support - English?

Technical Publishing:

• - What is XML - English?
• - What is CMS - English?
• - What is Desktop Publishing - English?
• - Why do you need technical authoring - English?
• - Why single source multi channel publishing should be preferred - English?

PASSOLO:

• - What is PASSOLO performing - English?
• - Which PASSOLO edition do you need - English?
• - What are the system requirements for installing PASSOLO - English?
• - Supported file formats in PASSOLO - English?
• - Data exchange in PASSOLO - English?
• - What is the translation memory compatibility of PASSOLO - English?

Heartsome:

• - What does it take in terms of minimal requirements to run Heartsome - English?
• - What are the most unique features in Heartsomes translation tools - English?
• - What kind of IT platform do I need to run Heartsomes translation tools - English?
• - The editor I have just installed does not start. What can I do - English?
• - I am trying to use a Macintosh or Linux version of the Heartsome editor to translate an Arabic document, but it does not seem to work properly - English?
• - Our problem in using your product in Windows is the regular recurrence of: unknown protocol: c error. Do you have a solution - English?
• - Are Heartsomes Translation Memories compatible with other CAT tools - English?
• - Can we assume that Heartsomes translation tools work with any XML DTD - English?
• - What is the translation memory technology of Heartsome - English?
• - How to install and launch the Heartsome translation suite on Linux - English?
• - Improving speed of TMX imports - English?
• - Reorganizing TMX files with 3 or more languages - English?
• - Installation of Aspell spell checker on Windows - English?
• - Installing and configuring Aspell on MacOS X - English?
• - How to install Internal dictionaries from behind a proxy - English?
• - I get an error about Java not being installed, what does that mean - English?
• - Can Oracle 9i be used with Heartsome's tools - English?
• - Can not use the help on Linux or Mac - English?
• - What document formats are supported by the XLIFF Translation Editor - English?

MemoQ:

• - What is Project Manager in MemoQ - English?
• - What is MemoQ server - English?
• - Tailoring the Workflow in MemoQ - English?
• - What is the compatibility of MemoQ with other CAT tools - English?
• - What is alignment - English?
• - What are regular expressions in MemoQ - English?
• - Pretranslation in MemoQ - English?
• - How to make a bilingual document - English?
• - Statistics and homogeneity in MemoQ - English?
• - What is the translation memory in MemoQ - English?

Globalization:

• - What is globalization - English?
• - What is the difference between globalization and localization - English?
• - What is a product globalization - English?
• - What is content globalization - English?
• - What is the best tool to internationalize my software - English?
• - What is internationalization - English?
• - How to play an AVI file with subtitles - English?

XML:

• - What is XML (Extensible Markup Language) - English?
• - So XML is Just Like HTML - English?
• - So XML Is Just Like SGML - English?
• - Why XML - English?
• - How is XML defined - English?

Desktop publishing (DTP):

• - What is Desktop publishing - English?
• - History of Desktop publishing - English?
• - Bidirectional languages - English?
• - Double byte languages - English?
• - What is Quality Assurance - English?
• - What is Opticentre Desktop Publishing Workflow - English?
• - From English to Cyrillic to Chinese - English?
• - Troubleshoot exporting PDF using Acrobat Distiller - English?

Adobe FrameMaker:

• - What is FrameMaker - English?
• - MASTER PAGES versus BODY PAGES - English?
• - What if I want to save time by Cutting and Pasting my FrameMaker - English?
• - How to change line SPACING - English?
• - How to change the MARGINS for a document - English?
• - Changing PAGINATION (and what it is) - English?
• - How to UNLOCK a file - English?
• - How to make a BIBLIOGRAPHY - English?
• - How is FrameMaker positioned in relation to PageMaker and InDesign software - English?
• - Can I move a book from PageMaker or QuarkXPress into FrameMaker 7.0 - English?
• - What is the FrameMaker Server product - English?
• - What is the difference between FrameMaker 7.0 and FrameMaker Server 7.0 - English?
• - How do I create accessible documents (PDF and HTML) from FrameMaker 7.0 - English?
• - InDesign 2.0 does XML. Is that the same thing as XML in FrameMaker 7.0 - English?
• - What is XMP and how is it supported in FrameMaker - English?
• - What is Tagged PDF - English?
• - Will FrameMaker 7.0 files still print on my PostScript Level 1 printer - English?
• - FrameMaker SGML - English?
• - From Interleaf Quicksilver to Adobe FrameMaker - English?
• - Structured Documents - English?
• - Migrating from Unstructured to Structured FrameMaker - English?
• - Problems in FrameMaker 7 with CE fonts - English?
• - How to scale tables to fit the text column width in FrameMaker - English?
• - How to insert cross references - English?
• - Troubleshoot exporting PDF using Adobe FrameMaker - English?
• - Japanese Publishing with Adobe FrameMaker 7.0 - English?
• - Combined Fonts in FrameMaker - English?

SDL Trados:

• - Project structure in Trados - English?
• - What is an STF file - English?
• - What are the S TAGGERS - English?

Adobe InDesign:

• - Adobe InDesign CS 2: a new generation - English?
• - What are the top 10 new features in Adobe InDesign CS2 - English?
• - Unable to save InDesign CS2 files in InDesign CS format - English?
• - InDesign CS crashes when you try to open an INX file from InDesign CS2 - English?
• - Transparency issues - English?
• - Why do my images appear in low resolution - English?
• - What is Adobe Creative Suite 2 - English?
• - What are Adobe Bridge and Adobe Stock Photos - English?
• - Adobe InDesign PageMaker Edition and Adobe PageMaker Plug in Pack - English?
• - How does InDesign CS2 work with other Adobe products - English?
• - What is Adobe InCopy - English?
• - How do I open a QuarkXPress document with Adobe InDesign - English?
• - Is it possible to convert QuarkXPress documents to InDesign CS2 format - English?
• - InDesign through Trados StoryCollector - English?

Interleaf QuickSilver:

• - What is Interleaf - English?
• - What is New in QuickSilver - English?
• - How does Interleaf compare to {FrameMaker, IslandWrite, WordPerfect, etc.} - English?
• - Document Versions - English?
• - How to Create a Linked Icon - English?
• - How to find and change text and text properties - English?
• - Hyphenation - English?
• - How to define a New Master - English?
• - How to Import and Export Files - English?
• - How to Lock Files - English?
• - What is Interleaf Desktop Utility - English?
• - What are The IDU Option Switches - English?
• - How To Create an IDU File - English?
• - How To Extract Files from an IDU File - English?
• - How To Transfer Files Using the i Switch - English?
• - Interleaf Desktop Utility Messages - English?
• - How to print a QuickSilver document - English?
• - How To Create a Table - English?
• - How To Change Table Rulings - English?
• - How To Convert Text to a Table - English?
• - Troubleshooting - English?
• - How To Designate Components for a TOC - English?
• - How to Create a TOC and TOC Dialog Box - English?
• - How To Edit the Style and Content of a TOC - English?
• - How to convert an .idu file to Quicksilver 3.0 format - English?

QuarkXPress:

• - What is QuarkXPress - English?
• - How to prepare a QuarkXPress project for translation - English?
• - Working with Story Collector in QuarkXPress - English?
• - Batch functions in Story Collector for QuarkXPress - English?
• - How to make Excel Tables in Quark 6.1 - English?
• - What is the difference between QuarkXPress and QuarkXPress Passport - English?
• - QuarkXPress 6 versus InDesign CS - English?
• - Problems with True Type fonts from Quark 7 to Quark 6 - English?
• - QuarkXPress Refuses to Open Files - English?

Languages:

• - List of language abbreviations - English?
• - What is UNICODE - English?
• - What is the UNICODE Standard, Version 5.0 - English?
• - Japanese line breaks - English?

Fonts:

• - OpenType font - English?
• - TrueType font - English?
• - FreeType font - English?
• - PostScript - English?
• - What is serif and sans serif font - English?
• - What does LT in the name of the font stand for - English?

Idiom:

• - What is Idiom - English?
• - Server Recommendations - English?
• - Installing WorldServer on Windows - English?
• - Installing WorldServer on Solaris or Linux - English?
• - Creating Locales - English?
• - Connecting to Content - English?
• - Before Designing Workflow - English?
• - Designing Workflow - English?
• - Creating a Project - English?
• - Advanced Setup - English?
• - Setting Up Service Desk - English?
• - Working with the Home Tab - English?
• - Working with Explorer - English?
• - Working with Tasks - English?
• - Translating Assets and Tasks - English?
• - Translating Assets and Tasks Offline - English?
• - Working with Issues - English?
• - Working with Notifications - English?
• - Maintaining Linguistic Tools - English?

Microsoft Publisher:

• - How to Save as XPS in Office 12 - English?
• - Can I save a document in Office XML AND XPS in the same file - English?
• - What is XPS Large Format Support for CAD Vertical Markets - English?

Macromedia flash:

• - How To Load An External Text File Into Flash For Dynamic Webpages - English?

Proofing:

• - What is proofing - English?

Other Pages

• - Home Page - English
• - Partners - English
• - contactus - English
• - Privacy - English

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• What is internationalization?
• InDesign through Trados StoryCollector?
• History of Desktop publishing?
• Translating Assets and Tasks Offline?
• How To Load An External Text File Into Flash For Dynamic Webpages?
• What is Interleaf?
• How to convert an .idu file to Quicksilver 3.0 format?
• What is an STF file?
• How to prepare a QuarkXPress project for translation?
• Working with Story Collector in QuarkXPress?
• Problems with True Type fonts from Quark 7 to Quark 6?
• Setting Up Service Desk?
• InDesign CS crashes when you try to open an INX file from InDesign CS2?