This chapter describes customising 3B2 and the advantages that it offers. It is possible for users to adapt 3B2 in order to make it more suitable for their individual or organisational needs. Advent also offers professional customised solutions.
3B2 has been designed to be as open as possible so that users and system developers could make full use of its features for their own particular needs.
The 3B2 interface is similar to other industry standards and therefore easy to use. However 3B2 is also uniquely and extensively customisable. It is possible to change virtually anything, from the way elements are shown on screen to the way functions are accessed from the keyboard. 3B2 can be set up to show as much, or as little information as you like on your screen, and to show this information in different ways.
3B2's set-up, message, menu, help, language, keyboard and start-up files are ASCII numbered string files separate to the core executable and can be edited with a standard text editor. This makes it straightforward to adjust 3B2 to meet the needs of individual users, systems and language variations.
The customisation possibilities with 3B2 are huge, creating personalised start-up files enables changes to 3B2's own interface and menu strings and creation of purpose built dialogue boxes and icons tailored to specific requirements of your users or individual document types.
The benefits that customisation brings depend on the requirements of each individual case. However, below are some general benefits of customisation:
Because 3B2 can be made unique to each individual, it gives users more choice and flexibility.
3B2 can provide a powerful customised solution for even the largest publishing project. As a result 3B2 is the most flexible, effective and efficient choice for any publishing environment.
You can find out more about custom solutions by Advent 3B2 by seeing Professional Services
Technical information on customisation is available to users in the technical documentation available from documentation.3b2.com
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