Knowledge Base
Getting Started
Overview and Navigation
- Acrolinx integrations - sidebar and classic editions
- Where Can I Find the User Guides for My Acrolinx Classic and Sidebar Editions?
- Differences between Word and Office Word sidebar
- What features do sidebar and classic edition integrations have?
- Acrolinx Now Come In Two Editions—What's the Difference?
- What features do Content Analyzer, Command Line Checker, and Batch Checker have?
Video Tutorials
Plain English Guides
Writers
SIDEBAR ESSENTIALS
Using Acrolinx in your Editor - Sidebar Edition
- Acrolinx Sidebar Integrations Help
- Why Can't My Sidebar Connect to Acrolinx?
- Acrolinx for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
- Acrolinx for Arbortext Editor
- Acrolinx for Chrome
- Acrolinx for Adobe Creative Cloud - InDesign and InCopy
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 Darwin Information Typing Architecture Map Files -Classic Edition
- Checking Limitations - Classic Edition
- Configuring How Acrolinx Reads the Text in Your Documents - Classic Edition
Guidance Administrators
Content Profiles
Getting Started
Server-side Extraction With a CSD
- Configuring How the Server Handles Character Entities with CSDs
- Getting the Server to Recognize External DTDs
- Configuring Server-side Extraction With CSDs
- 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
- 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
- Managing and Editing Clusters
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 Public Acrolinx URL with HTTPS
- Configuring a Cipher Suite Whitelist
- Disabling SSL Protocols
- Using SAML and PingFederate to Authenticate Users
- Server Security Precautions
- Running the Acrolinx Server Behind a Reverse Proxy
Quick Start Guides
Project Managers and Analytics Administrators
Acrolinx Analytics Dashboards 5.4 and later
- Get Started with Analytics Dashboards
- Analytics Dashboards Tutorial
- Category Scores Dashboard
- Checking Activity Dashboard
- Content Analysis Archive Dashboard
- Content Comparison Dashboard
Acrolinx Analytics Dashboards 5.3
- Get Started With Analytics Dashboards 5.3
- Analytics Dashboards Tutorial 5.3
- Business Value Dashboard 5.3
- Category Scores Dashboard 5.3
- Checking Activity Dashboard 5.3
- Content Quality Dashboard 5.3
Working with Acrolinx Analytics
- Content Groups
- Connecting to External Analytics Databases
- Connecting to an External Reporting Database
- Reporting Database Essentials
- Configuring the Cost Savings Dashboard
- Custom Dashboards
Analyzing Your Content Projects
Batch Checking with Acrolinx Plug-ins
Administering Your Users
Managing Your Acrolinx Licenses
Integration Administrators
Distributing Acrolinx Settings
- Embed Check Data for Sidebar Edition Integrations
- 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
Integrating Acrolinx with Your Web Application
- Acrolinx for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) Administrator Guide
- Acrolinx for Oxygen XML Web Author Administrator Guide
- Acrolinx for WordPress Administrator Guide
- Acrolinx for Drupal Administrator Guide
- Setting Up Your Acrolinx Server for Single Sign-on
- Classic Edition - Installing and Upgrading Acrolinx in Your Web Application
Integrating Acrolinx Checking Tools
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 Terminology 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
Add-ons
MarketMuse
Developers
Building a Custom Integration
Release Notes
Product Release Announcements
Beta Program
Release Notes for Acrolinx - Sidebar Edition
- Acrolinx for Arbortext - Release Notes
- Acrolinx for Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) - Release Notes
- Acrolinx for Adobe Creative Cloud - Release Notes
- Acrolinx for Adobe Adobe FrameMaker - Release Notes
- Acrolinx for Chrome - Release Notes
- Acrolinx Desktop Checker - Release Notes
Release Notes for Acrolinx Integrations - Classic Edition
- Acrolinx for Adobe InDesign and InCopy - 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 Core Platform
- Core Platform - Version 2018.11 (Acrolinx Private Cloud)
- Core Platform - Version 2018.10 (Acrolinx Private Cloud)
- Core Platform - Version 5.6 (Acrolinx Private Cloud)
- Core Platform - Version 5.5 (including subsequent service releases)
- Core Platform - Version 5.4 (including subsequent service releases)
- Acrolinx Server - Version 5.3 (including subsequent service releases)
Release Notes for the Acrolinx Sidebar
- Acrolinx Sidebar - Version 14.6
- Acrolinx Sidebar - Version 14.5
- 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)
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 reStructuredText (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
Integrations FAQs and Troubleshooting
- Why do I see the message "Where's the text?" in browser extensions?
- Acrolinx for Oxygen Eclipse in Ixiasoft Doesn't Work
- Chrome Sidebar extension floats off the screen too far to the left
- Using Acrolinx with Conflicting 3rd Party Drupal Modules (Redirect module and Fast 404 )
- Understanding the colors of the sidebar loading indicator
- Why do I get the message: "Some Sidebar features have failed to load."?
Server FAQs and Troubleshooting
- Why does Windows think my guidance package has already been installed?
- How do I view my guideline documentation?
- Why doesn't selecting multiple analytics filters from a dashboard work in Chrome for Mac?
- Why don't my language servers connect after upgrading to Acrolinx Server V5.4?
- Expired Token Disrupts Communication to Acrolinx Server
- Changes to Certificate Handling in Browsers 2018