ComponentOne Releases Doc-To-Help 2007 v2

ComponentOne Releases Doc-To-Help 2007 v2

ComponentOne announced Doc-To-Help 2007 v2, the secondinstallment this year of the tool s yearly subscription release cycle. Thisrelease includes a Microsoft Sandcastle plug-in to automatically includeindustry standard reference documentation in Doc-To-Help projects. Doc-To-Help2007 v2 also delivers Text and Rich Content Variables to allow authors tomanage reusable content.

 MicrosoftSandcastle automatically generates MSDN-formatted reference documents in XMLformat from .NET source code and comment files. Doc-To-Help extends Sandcastlefunctionality by adding its content to a Doc-To-Help project and treating it asany other source content, automatically creating topics, index entries, andtable of contents entries. Authors can add their own narrative content andcreate links to Sandcastle namespaces to create a cohesive documentationproject. These projects can be single-sourced for virtually any online Helpformat and printed manuals. Sandcastle is currently a Community TechnologyPreview and is available on Microsoft s Web site.

 Doc-To-Help 2007 v2also includes Text and Rich Content Variables to improve efficiency and singlesourcing. This feature allows authors to designate any content for reuse.Frequently used content, such as product names, descriptions, and entiretopics, can be managed in one place and inserted across the documentationproject. These variables are also conditional, so different content can beinserted in different outputs.

 Doc-To-Help is asingle-source Help authoring tool that empowers authors to create HTML orMicrosoft Office Word content and convert it to virtually every popular Helpfile format (including browser-based, platform independent Help) or printeddocumentation.

 The Doc-To-Helpyearly subscription delivers new technologies, features, and functionality thatenable users to create feature-rich Help systems more efficiently. Currentsubscribers will receive these new features and enhancements as part of theirannual subscription.

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Price: Doc-To-Helpis available in two versions, Doc-To-Help Enterprise and Doc-To-Help for Word,with respective pricing of US$999.95 and US$749.95. Competitive upgrades,renewal pricing, telephone support, and volume discounts are also available.

Web Site: http://www.doctohelp.com