Description
Authoring DITA task topics covers the following DITA training topics:
Creating a task topic
- Strict or general tasks
- Creating a new task topic
- Adding introductory elements to a task topic
- Assessment for Creating a task topic
Creating the steps
- First steps
- Giving the reader choices
- A table of choices
- Getting more detailed
- Showing examples and results
- Interrupting the flow
- Assessment for Creating the steps
Finishing up the task
- Task results
- Making an example
- What’s next?
- Assessment for Finishing up the task
Best practices for tasks
- Plan your tasks
- Provide appropriate context
- Use a reasonable number of steps
- Use substeps appropriately
- Keep an eye toward reuse
- Assessment for Best practices for tasks
Includes sample files and assessments.
