Publishing Consultants - Document Production, Editing, Graphics

	Structured Content Development
	Procedures Manuals
	Document Production
	Graphics Creation
	Editorial Services
	Conversion Services




Structured Content Development—Publishing Consultants provides structured content development that is particularly geared to statutorily-regulated content. These include, for instance, the airline industry and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Other types of organizations that need to reduce the time and cost of repurposing the content of their complex document sets can benefit as well. Our services include:

	Development of EDDs and DTDs—the bridges that allow your FrameMaker documents to “round trip” with XML
	Content repurposing (manuals + online publication + HTML help files)



Procedures Manuals—Publishing Consultants has extensive experience with writing and designing procedural content, including training materials and reference instructions. [examples]



Document Production—A mainstay of Publishing Consultants’ services, we produce the highest quality documentation while keeping in mind the traditional values of typography. Our services include:

	Template creation
	Formatting and page layout
	Single source set up and implementation
	Conversion of Microsoft Word files to Adobe FrameMaker

Application Tools: Adobe FrameMaker, Microsoft Word




Graphics Creation—Exacting standards for graphics make their production a job for professionals who know how to troubleshoot complications that can arise. Whether your graphics are for online or printed publication or both, they are created in accordance with the applicable standards, i.e., USPTO or other industry specifications. [examples] Our services include:

	Line art illustrations
	Schematics creation
	Graphics library set-up and maintenance
	Patent drawings per USPTO requirements [examples]
	Conversion of Corel, Illustrator, and PDF drawings to Visio

Application Tools: Microsoft Visio, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, Vectorworks MiniCAD




Editorial Services—Publishing Consultants maintains a uniform, client-specified voice and style throughout your collaboratively written documents, critical to the usefulness of the content by your customers.




Conversion Services—Requiring particular attention to detail, converting legacy data that exists only as hard-copy can be painstaking and time-consuming for staff whose attention needs to be focused elsewhere. Publishing Consultants is committed to reconstituting your legacy data into living content with the highest degree of accuracy. We convert:

	CAD output ® graphics suitable for publication
	Hard copy documents ® editable content
	PDFs ® editable content
	Photos ® line-art