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Overview of PTC ALD
PTC Arbortext Layout Developer (PTC ALD) is a software product from the PTC Arbortext suite of products provided by PTC. Its position in the PTC Arbortext suite as an application with which customers can build and run custom publishing applications completes the document production product set formed by its editing, styling, and publishing sibling applications PTC Arbortext Editor, PTC Arbortext Styler and PTC Arbortext Publishing Engine.
A full summary of the PTC ALD product and its capabilities can be found in What is ALD?.
Current installation, licensing and release information relating to PTC ALD can be found in the following documents, both of which can be retrieved either from the docs directory of your installation kit or on the Reference Documents page of the PTC Customer Support site.
Installation Guide - appinstall.pdf
Release Notes - approdrel.pdf