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Enhanced Variant and Language Management: Scroll Documents and its Extension Apps

This page explains how Scroll Documents supports variant and language management, what’s included out of the box, and when to consider using the extension apps for more advanced need

Variant Management is a core feature in Scroll Versions, while language management is the core feature of Scroll Translations.

If you have not used the variant management functionality in Scroll Versions and/or have never had Scroll Translations installed on your system, you can skip this section.

Variant Management

In content management, variant management enables you to tailor content for different audiences or use cases. If you're converting from Scroll Versions, it's important to understand how this works in Scroll Documents.

Basic variant support (built-in)

Scroll Documents includes a basic variant functionality using Confluence page labels to mark content for specific variants. With this built-in setup, you can:

  • Create up to 2 variants per document

  • Manually assign labels to control variant content

  • Define simple variant rules

Advanced variant support

To manage more advanced variant setups, install the extension app: Variants for Scroll Documents

With the extension, you can:

  • Create an unlimited number of variants per document

  • Use bulk label editing to speed up management of variants

  • Set up complex, nested variant rules

Language Management

If you’ve previously used Scroll Translations, Scroll Documents also provides language support to maintain multilingual content.

Basic language support (built-in)

Scroll Documents includes core multilingual features:

  • Manage up to 2 languages per document

  • Perform manual translation directly in Confluence

Advanced language support

To unlock full language management, install the extension app: Translations for Scroll Documents

With the extension, you can:

  • Manage an unlimited number of languages

  • Facilitate both manual translation and external XLIFF translation to integrate external Translation Management Systems

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