Doc-To-Help 2012 Enterprise v1
 

Simplify the Way You Create, Collaborate and Publish! Version comparison What's New in Doc-to-Help Doc-To-Help 2012 User Guide (PDF)   Write or import content in Microsoft Word, HTML, or Doc-To-Help's editor and then publish professional quality outputs for desktop, Web, mobile, SharePoint, and print use. That’s the power of Doc-To-Help. Just focus on the content; Doc-To-Help produces impressive and useful deliverables for virtually any communication needs you may have.

How it Works

1. Start with content

• Write in Doc-To-Help’s editor, Word, or HTML
• Import existing Word documents
• Convert existing RoboHelp, HTML Help, or WinHelp projects

2. Configure your project

• Add interactivity such as pop-ups, topic links, collapsible sections, and more
• Customise the automatically created Table of Contents and index
• Configure outputs by mapping output specific content, setting preferences, and editing themes and styles
• Collaborate using SharePoint, SharePoint Online, or Team Foundation Server.

3. Generate Output

• Choose from NetHelp (Web-based Help), Mobile Help, HTML Help, PDF, DOC, WinHelp, JavaHelp, Eclipse Help, Help 2.0, and Microsoft Help Viewer 1.x
• Publish directly to SharePoint, or create SharePoint wikis.
• Produce as many versions for as many platforms (i.e., print and Web) as you want
• Use conditions and variables to create customised versions for different audiences

Convert Your RoboHelp Word Project to Doc-To-Help XHTML Doc-To-Help has long been recognised for having the most comprehensive RoboHelp project converter. What's really unique is that you can convert a RoboHelp Word project to a Doc-To-Help Word source project. While this is a valuable feature, many users would rather move from a Microsoft Word project to a built-in editor. In response, ComponentOne has just released an update to the RoboHelp converter. This update allows you to choose to convert a RoboHelp Word project to a Doc-To-Help XHTML project without losing content, formatting, or settings.

Doc-To-Help 2012 is a single source authoring tool that makes it possible to write once and publish many different deliverables. Technical communicators, Help authors, policy writers, and other content creators can author any type of information in Microsoft Word, HTML, or XML, and publish to the Web, Help systems, or printed manuals. It is the perfect choice for creating many types of user assistance (compiled HTML Help, NetHelp [browser-based, platform independent Help for Web deployment], Mobile Help, Microsoft Help Viewer, Microsoft Help 2.0, JavaHelp, Eclipse Help, and WinHelp), converting existing Word documents to online materials, and producing professional quality printed manuals.

The unmatched flexibility of Doc-To-Help 2012 Enterprise allows you to author in the environment of your choice. Integrated toolbars and dialogs in Microsoft Word and FrontPage, as well as Adobe Dreamweaver, make creating Help systems and manuals quick and easy. If you prefer to work in XML, you can do so using our built-in XHTML editor.

The SharePoint collaboration feature makes it possible to share your project documents across your team or company, import documents from SharePoint, and create a translation workflow. You can also publish Help to SharePoint Libraries and SharePoint Wikis.

Doc-To-Help 2012 features a new Help output called NetHelp 2.0. NetHelp 2.0 is a jQuery-based, cross-platform output that is displayed in the user's default browser. jQuery is a flexible new web technology that separates content from presentation and is very easy to customise.

Highlights

Doc-To-Help's XML-based Editor	Author in Microsoft Word	Author in Popular HTML Editors
Efficient Project Management	Website and Help Outputs	Print-ready Manuals (.pdf, .doc, or .docx

Purchase Options

Features

• Built-in XML Based Editor
  Author content in Doc-To-Help's full-featured editor. This unique editor has the ease of Microsoft Word while it automatically creates standards-compliant source code. An intuitive style editor helps you with formatting. Also included is a converter for transforming Word and HTML content to XHTML.
  
• Option to Author in Word or Any HTML Editor
  If you wish, author your source documents in Microsoft Word, HTML, or both. Doc-To-Help toolbars and wizards automatically install in Microsoft Word and FrontPage, as well as Adobe Dreamweaver. Your content stays in your editor, no import or proprietary code is necessary.
• Easy Single Source Publishing
  Quickly and easily create HTML Help, Web-based Help, JavaHelp, WinHelp, Visual Studio .NET-style Help, and printed documentation from one source project. Both automatic and manual conditional features ensure that content for each deliverable is appropriate.
  
• Convert Existing Manuals to Online Content or Help
  Doc-To-Help can easily convert your existing Word manuals to online content or Help. At the basic level, Doc-To-Help will separate your document into topics by headings or you can create more advanced projects with interactivity and customisation.
  
• Embedded .NET Dynamic Help
  Easily embed a dynamic Help pane in the application's interface and use the visual topic mapping feature to associate topics with the interface elements. Communication between developers and writers has never been easier.
  
• XHTML Converter
  Convert your existing Word or HTML documents to XHTML with a click. Doc-To-Help will even allow you to map your styles to XHTML elements if you wish.
  
• Drag-and-drop Linking
  Drag items from Doc-To-Help's topic grid and drop them into your content to automatically create links.
  
• Import Project Settings
  Use settings from an existing project in order to jumpstart new projects and ensure consistency.
  
• Legacy Project Converters
  Using a Wizard, you can convert legacy projects with a few clicks. You can convert RoboHelp HTML, RoboHelp Word, HTML Help, WinHelp, and Doc-To-Help 2000 projects.
  
• Powerful Single-sourcing with Conditions
  Use Doc-To-Help’s built-in conditions for powerful single-sourcing. It is possible to conditionalise text, topics, or even entire documents. In addition, you can conditionalise by output type, project, and by fully-customisable attributes.
  
• Content Variables
  Using Variables, you can manage content in one place for reuse across your project. Text Variables can be used for any amount of unformatted text; Rich Content Variables allow you to store formatting along with text.
  
• Intuitive Microsoft Office 2007 Style Interface
  Doc-To-Help 2008 features a brand new interface. Outlook-style navigation, ribbon toolbars, and dialog boxes makes features and settings easy to find and use. This interface will make your experience more efficient and enjoyable.
  
• Configure Help Elements with Styles
  Use convenient toolbars to effortlessly apply styles that translate into Help elements (pop-up topics, links, dynamic text, cross-references, and more) when you build your project.
  
• Quickly Integrate Graphics and Movies
  Easily insert images and Flash movies in your project. Add hotspot links to images using the Image Map Editor.
  
• Context Sensitive Help Mapping in a Snap
  Automatically generate context IDs, or specify your own, to map topics to your application’s interface.
  
• Insert ComponentOne DemoWorks Flash Movies
  You can now quickly insert a Flash movie into your Word files with a new toolbar button. With a Wizard, Doc-To-Help will embed the movie and automatically apply conditions that exclude it from printed manuals and other outputs that do not support Flash. Flash movies can be created with DemoWorks, also available from ComponentOne. Special DemoWorks Bundles are available.
  
• Configurable Breadcrumb Navigation
  Breadcrumbs help end-users pinpoint their location in a Help file. Doc-To-Help's HTML-based outputs (NetHelp, HTML-Help, HTML 2.0) include breadcrumbs that are fully customisable and removable.
  
• Organise Topics with Expanding/Collapsing Sections
  Increase the readability of your online Help topics by including collapsible/expandable sections complete with "+" and "-" icons. Doc-To-Help makes this as simple as applying a style; no special code is needed.
  
• Insert Dynamic Text Effects into Help
  Impress your end-users with expanding, drop-down, and pop-up text.
  
• Automatic and Customisable Table of Contents and Index
  Doc-To-Help can use information from your source content to automatically create a table of contents and an index. Customise them to your liking or create your own from scratch. You can even create customised TOCs for different outputs.
  
• Easy Glossary creation/integration
  Use the convenient toolbar buttons or styles to add and sort glossary terms. If you wish, Doc-To-Help can automatically create a link to the glossary definition every time that term is used in your Help project.
• Control the Look and Feel of Your Help
  Use the Theme Designer to control the layout and appearance of topics for HTML-based platforms. NetHelp themes include print/email topic and save-to-favourites options to improve the user experience.
• Built-in Style Sheet Editor
  The new Style Sheet Editor allows you to edit and manage your HTML styles in an intuitive Microsoft Office 2007 style interface.
• Team Authoring Support
  Doc-To-Help’s source control technology provides integrated check-in/check-out functions so multiple authors may contribute to one project.
  
• Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 System Support
  Doc-To-Help supports Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System including seamless integration with Word 2007.
• NetHelp for Web Publishing
  ComponentOne NetHelp is our exclusive Cross-Platform HTML output. Easily create a searchable Help system designed for deployment on the Web.
• One-click XHTML Output
  Doc-To-Help now generates XHTML versions of all HTML based outputs (NetHelp, HTML Help, Help 2.0, and JavaHelp). The content generated complies with the W3C transitional XHTML specification.
• Industry Standard Help files
  Create virtually every popular Help output. Chose from Web-based Help, HTML Help, Help 2.0, JavaHelp, and WinHelp.
• Powerful Print Output Features
  Create professional printed documentation from Word or HTML source complete with a customisable title page, table of contents, index, and glossary – without any adding field codes, page breaks, or headers/footers. You can automatically create a print-ready PDF manual and skip the manual-to-PDF conversion process.
• Microsoft Sandcastle Plug-in
  Microsoft's Sandcastle utility automatically creates MSDN formatted reference documentation from .NET source code and XML comment files. Doc-To-Help integrates Sandcastle's XML output into your projects, automatically creating topics, index, TOC, and other Help elements. You can build on this information by editing/adding your own topics, and linking to namespaces. This content integrates with the Help system in Visual Studio .NET (Help 2.0).
• Drag-and-drop Topic Relations
  The new Related Topics Editor makes it easy to form topic relations. Doc-To-Help automatically creates “See Also” links based on styles; now you can augment those links, or even remove selected ones.
• Built-in or Custom Templates
  Choose from a variety of templates for producing high quality print documentation. You can modify the built-in templates or use your own.
• Margin Notes That Work in Both Print and Online
  Add margin notes in Word with the click of a button. These notes can be designated to appear as popups in online Help.
• Merge Multiple Projects
  Combine multiple projects into one TOC, index, and glossary.
• Modular Table of Contents Utility
  Automatically populate all modular system Help files with fully functional table of contents links.
• Generate PDFs Two Different Ways
  Doc-To-Help produces printed manuals in .PDF and/or Word format. Generate your .PDF directly from Doc-To-Help or from a generated .doc file. This gives you the option to format your manual before you generate the .PDF. No need for third-party utilities either.
• Section 508 Compliant Output
  Doc-To-Help creates a version of NetHelp that is Compliant with Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act.
• XML Transforms
  Use XSLT or .NET to add your own topic features in XHTML-based outputs.
• Command-line Support
  Build a Doc-To-Help project, or multiple Doc-To-Help projects in batch, from the command line.
• Scripting Support
  Use Visual Basic to create custom scripts and assign them to styles to develop your own features.
   

Support Options

Standard support is included with every Doc-To-Help purchase and you can add VIP treatment with a Platinum upgrade. Contact MicroWay for more information on 1300 553 313.

For more information please contact the MicroWay sales team:
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