icTools for Books

icTools publishes the book in PDF, ePUB, and MOBI formats from a single source in Microsoft Word. No need to maintain and update multiple copies.

Your print and e-books are automatically formatted according to branding guidelines with the click of a button. No need to spend hours formatting them or tweaking the code.

icTools delivers ePUB, MOBI, and PDF outputs for your book. The outputs are created according to branding and style guidelines.

Your books can be made interactive with incorporation of quizzes, forms, etc.

Checks for consistent use of acronyms, hyphens, dashes, contractions, capitalization, etc.

Checks for proper references to journals, books, conference proceedings, manuals, standards, thesis, etc.

icTools can be configured to check additional items from your XML guide or from the style guide.

icTools tags content automatically with Docbook or BITS XML enabling XML-first workflow for publishers.

icTools allows importing of XML files into Microsoft Word with preservation of structure. This provides for a round-trip between Word and XML files.

icTools can automatically create metadata files based on content for delivery to Amazon or Apple marketplaces or for internal workflows.

In large volume production environments, icTools integrates with various composition systems using XML output.

Ictect is the only company with a patented XML plug-in for Microsoft Word. While other editors claim to offer Word-like features, icTools is based on Microsoft Word. Organizations can leverage their investment in Microsoft licensing and reduce training costs.

icTools is easily customized for various types of documents and schemas and is available for Defense Publications, DITA, ePUB, JATS/BITS, and QTI.

icTools can be customized for content editors, production editors, and authors. With customization for your book, you can expect to receive valid XML directly from authors.

Intelligent Content Tools is the only software that offers seamless co-authoring/co-editing with Office 365 in an XML workflow. Authors, editors, reviewers, proofreaders, and others can edit the document at the same time and use track changes with XML!

In addition to the standard co-authoring features of Office 365/Word 2013-2016, icTools allows “managed collaboration” within the document. That is, different parts of the document can be assigned to different users.

With Word and Office 365, document co-authoring can be done from desktop or online.

In a book translation workflow, translators can continue to work in the familiar environment of Microsoft Word.

icTools creates eBook outputs in multiple languages with proper branding.