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  • Display in Oxygen the variable values corresponding to the version of the variables file selected in Publication Manager

    Christina Rothwell
    • Under Community Review on
    • 3 Comments
    The Authoring tab in Oxygen always displays the variable values from the latest version of a variables file, even if the writer has selected an earlier version of the variables file in Publication Manager. This configuration is confusing to writers, who...

  • Publication Manager: Display message indicating newer versions of released topics

    Christine Kelly
    • Under Community Review on
    • 9 Comments
    Although it is part of the process for writers to check the baseline and look for "Yes" in the Newer version column, not everyone remembers to do this, especially when rushing to publish. It would be nice to have a message display when you open a publication...

  • Request for Enhancement: Protection from accidental deletion

    Sowjanya Singamsetty
    • Under Community Review on
    • 2 Comments
    It is quite necessary to have an ability not to easily send an object into a recycle bin, or something similar, to retrieve data that was accidentally deleted could be very troublesome. Right now, if we delete an object that is not connected to any...

  • Copy GUIDs of objects with a keyboard shortcut

    Peter Stromback
    • Under Community Review on
    • 0 Comments
    Hello, The architecture for "my" writers in GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences requires a way of working where there is a constant need in Publication Manager to copy GUIDs from the object Properties > General tab. There is a shortcut Alt + Enter to open...

  • Improved Process for Adding and Updating Images

    Morten Haaker
    • Under Community Review on
    • 0 Comments
    Summary: 1. Add a right click menu in Publication Manager: Import to "<images folder>" to allow editors to easily add an image to the relevant repository folder 2. Add a right click menu in Publication Manager: Upload image to allow editors to easily...

  • Allow download of translations jobs (exports) from web client

    Ryan Shubert
    • Under Community Review on
    • 3 Comments
    Currently you have to log into the FTP server to obtain translation exports. It would be nice to download the ZIP files from the web client directly.

  • Allow Users to Adjust Colors in Publication Manager (Accessibility)

    Amy S
    • Under Community Review on
    • 0 Comments
    The default color coding of conditions in Publication Manager 12.0.3 is not ideal for people with red-green color blindness. Red, green, and yellow are all more difficult to distinguish for users with red-green colorblindness. Unfortunately, there is...

  • Pub manager search: Add ability to filter by topic type

    Trish Billard
    • Under Community Review on
    • 5 Comments
    When searching the CMS for potentially-reusable topics, it would be great to be able to filter by topic type (such as concept or reference). I don't see this capability in SDL Publication Manager 12.0.4. Searching for certain words, even when searching...

  • Improved XREF management in Publication Manager

    Amy S
    • Under Community Review on
    • 0 Comments
    Publication Manager should have an xref tab that would attempt to resolve xrefs in a publication. The xrefs tab would be similar to the Variables tab, and it should show broken xrefs while a publication is being constructed, just like the variables tab...

  • Updating an image in the Draft Space

    Jeff Hooker
    • Planned for Future Release on
    • 12 Comments
    It appears that there is no way of updating an existing image from within the Draft Space; there is only the ability to replace it with a different image which is not the same thing . Updating an image means creating either a new revision or a new version...