Knowledge Base
Getting Started
Quick Start Guides
Video Tutorials
Plain English Guides
Writers
SIDEBAR ESSENTIALS
Using Acrolinx in your Editor - Sidebar Edition
- Acrolinx Sidebar Integrations Help
- Acrolinx for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
- Acrolinx for Chrome
- Acrolinx for Creative Cloud - InDesign and InCopy
- Acrolinx for Firefox
- Acrolinx for FrameMaker
Using Acrolinx in your Editor - Classic Edition
- Installing and Updating Acrolinx - Classic Edition
- Get Started With Acrolinx - Classic Edition
- Checking, Reviewing, and Correcting Your Content - Classic Edition
- Checking DITA Map Files -Classic Edition
- Checking Limitations - Classic Edition
- Configuring How Acrolinx Reads the Text in Your Documents - Classic Edition
Guidance Administrators
Getting Started
Using Server-side Extraction
- Configuring How the Server Handles Character Entities
- Getting the Server to Recognize External DTDs
- Configuring Server-side Extraction
- Getting the Server to Recognize a New CSD for Server-side Segmentation
- Understanding How the Server Selects a CSD for Server-side Extraction
- Configuring the Annotated Output That Is Generated during Server-side Extraction
Quality Scores and Help Information
- Configuring an E-mail Address for Issues That You Send from the Scorecard
- Configuring How Acrolinx Scores Are Calculated
- Configuring How Writing Guidance Is Displayed
- Configuring Term Help Templates
- Customizing Terminology Information in the Sidebar
- Customizing Terminology Information in the Plug-in Shortcut Menu
Configuring Style and Grammar Checking
Configuring Terminology Checking
Configuring Checking for Tone of Voice, Findability, and Broken Links
Configuring How Acrolinx Checks for Content Reuse
- An Introduction to Checking Content Reuse with Acrolinx
- Creating and Updating Reuse Repositories by Harvesting Sentences
- Canceling a Repository Task
- Creating a Reuse Repository from an Import File
- Creating Empty Reuse Repositories
- Managing and Deploying Reuse Repositories
Checking Profile Administrators
Distributing Acrolinx Settings
- Configuring Time Intervals for the AutoCheck Feature
- Distributing Common Acrolinx Settings to Your Writers
- Distributing Acrolinx Settings with Checking Profiles
- Distributing Acrolinx Settings with a Model User
- Setting up Checking Profiles - First Steps
- Managing Checking Profile Assignments
Server and IT Administrators
System Requirements
Installing the Acrolinx Server
- What You Should Know before Installing
- First-time Installation on Windows - Detailed Steps
- First-time Installation on a Unix-based OS - Detailed Steps
- Installing the Server in Non-interactive Mode on a Unix-based Operating System
- Enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) on your Core Server
- Creating Server Init Scripts for Installations on Unix-based Operating Systems
Getting to Know Your Acrolinx Server
- Using The Server Dashboard
- Overview of the Acrolinx Server Architecture
- Starting and Stopping the Acrolinx Server
- Getting to Know The Configuration Directory
- Viewing and Editing the Configuration Properties
- A General Guide to Changing Your Server Settings
Maintaining the Acrolinx Server
- Change the Server Address or Port Number
- Managing the Server Logs
- Backing up Files and Managing Disk Space
- Setting up a Failover Server
- Setting up Server Notifications
- Creating Support Packages
Optimizing Server Performance
Configuring the Server
Updating or Uninstalling the Acrolinx Server
Managing Server Security and Data Privacy
- Securing your Acrolinx Server with HTTPS
- Using SAML and PingFederate to Authenticate Users
- Server Security Precautions
- Running the Acrolinx Server Behind a Reverse Proxy
- Using an External Directory Service to Authenticate Users
- Securing Access to the Term Browser
Project Managers and Analytics Administrators
Analyzing Your Content Projects
Batch Checking with Acrolinx Plug-ins
Checking Your Documentation Projects with the Batch Checker
- Prerequisites for using the Batch Checker
- Getting Started with the Batch Checker
- Making sure that the Batch Checker Recognizes your File Type
- Batch Checking Documents
- Batch Checking pages in a Website
- Performing Batch Corrections
Working with Acrolinx Analytics
- Analytics Dashboards
- Content Groups
- Connecting to External Analytics Databases
- Connecting to an External Reporting Database
- Reporting Database Essentials
- Configuring the Cost Savings Dashboard
Administering Your Users
Managing Your Acrolinx Licenses
Terminology Specialists
Overview
Managing Your Terms
- Searching and Browsing for Terms
- Using and Managing Term Filters
- Viewing and Editing Basic Term Settings
- Creating Terms
- Linking and Unlinking Terms
- Editing Special Term Settings
Maintaining and Managing your Terminology Data
- Supported Terminology Exchange Formats
- Importing Terms
- Managing Saved Import and Export Configurations
- Connecting to an External Terminology Database
- Managing Database Backups
- Enabling the Acrolinx Term Aggregator
Configuring and Customizing the Terminology Manager
- Configuring Settings for Term Browser Users
- Customizing the Layout of the Term Edit Page
- Creating, Editing, and Deleting Custom Fields
- Managing Lists and List Items for Data Categories
- Configuring Category-based Fields to Display in Tree View
- Configuring Duplicate Detection Rules
Using Advanced Linguistic Features
Term Browsers and Term Contributors
Finding Terms in the Term Browser
Contributing Terms outside of the Terminology Manager
SEO and Findability Specialists
Using Acrolinx to Optimize Your Content for SEO
Developers and Plug-in Administrators
Integrating Acrolinx with Your Web Application
Integrating Acrolinx Checking Tools
Building a Custom Integration
Release Notes
Product Release Announcements
Release Notes for Acrolinx Plug-ins - Sidebar Edition
- Acrolinx for Microsoft Office on Windows - Release Notes
- Acrolinx integrations - sidebar and classic editions
- Acrolinx for Adobe FrameMaker - Release Notes
- Acrolinx for JustSystems XMetaL - Release Notes
- Acrolinx for oXygen XML Web Author - Release Notes
- Acrolinx for Visual Studio Code - Release Notes
Release Notes for Acrolinx Plug-ins - Classic Edition
- Acrolinx for Adobe InDesign - Release Notes
- Acrolinx for MadCap Flare - Release Notes
- Acrolinx for Microsoft PowerPoint on Windows - Release Notes
- Acrolinx for Microsoft Excel on Windows - Release Notes
- Acrolinx for IBM Lotus Notes - Release Notes
- Acrolinx for Microsoft Word on Windows - Release Notes
Release Notes for the Acrolinx Server
- Acrolinx Server - Version 5.2 (including subsequent service releases)
- Acrolinx Server - Version 5.1 (including subsequent service releases)
- Acrolinx Server - Version 5.0 (including subsequent service releases)
- Acrolinx Server - Version 4.7 (including subsequent service releases)
- Acrolinx Server - Version 4.6 (including subsequent service releases)
- Acrolinx Server - Version 4.5 (20 October 2015)
Release Notes for the Acrolinx Sidebar
- Acrolinx Sidebar - Version 14.4 (including subsequent service releases)
- Acrolinx Sidebar - Version 14.3.1 (14 March 2017)
- Acrolinx Sidebar - Version 14.2 (including subsequent service releases)
- Acrolinx Sidebar - Version 14.1 (3 August 2016)
- Acrolinx Sidebar - Version 14.0 (10 March 2016)
- Acrolinx Sidebar - Version 13.1 (18 August 2015)
Release Notes for Developer Tools
Troubleshooting and Frequently Asked Questions
Developer FAQs and Troubleshooting
- ★ Where does the sidebar come from? What's the sidebar address? What's the architecture of a sidebar integration?
- Does Acrolinx work with ReSt (*.rst) files?
- Things to consider before getting started with a custom integration
- Why do I get different results when using Acrolinx to check the same content with different integrations?
- How can I set up the Acrolinx server to scale to a large number of users?
- Can I connect Acrolinx to use my user management system (e.g. SAML, OpenID Connect, OAuth, Okta)?
Acrolinx Policies
Plug-in FAQs and Troubleshooting
- Why do I receive the message "It looks like you don't have VBA installed" when trying to run Acrolinx for Mac?
- Why can't Acrolinx check my document?
- How does Acrolinx track a document in order to track improvements?
- Why can't I run a check with the Content Analyzer and instead receive the message 'Something went wrong'?
- Why does every request have a 404 when attempting to post a comment on GitHub?
- How do I set Acrolinx for Word Windows to use Internet Explorer to load the sidebar?
Server FAQs and Troubleshooting
- No cards are shown in the Sidebar
- Migrating to the Cloud - What you need to know!
- Why don't my context-sensitive rules work after I updated to Acrolinx 5.1?
- Where can I find Archived Versions of the Server User Guides?
- Why can't I log in to the Term Browser/Term Contribution page after updating the Acrolinx server?
- Can I connect to a secure external database using TCPS?