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- RoboHelp Office X3 is worth a look
- A Builder.com member offers this review of the latest version of the popular RoboHelp package for authoring help documentation.The economics of online vs. print documentation make online help and Web-based documentation economical methods of producing and distributing technical documentation. The task has become even more nimble with the release of...
- Tags: William T. Kelly, RoboHELP, WebHelp Enterprise, online help, JavaHelp, RoboHelp Office X3
- Technical articles 2002-11-19
- Choose the right tool for creating online help
- Creating online help is often seen as a burden, but many tools are available to simplify the process. Here's a look at the choices in today's market.Like any other development task, building a help system for your applications requires you to select the best tool for the job. In my...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Meredith Little, online help, tool, RoboHELP
- Technical articles 2002-05-07
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- Adobe RoboHelp Server (cfm)
- Adobe RoboHelp Server 6 extends and supports the capabilities of Adobe RoboHelp 6 to provide a complete online help and knowledge base solution. Easily deploy and manage up-to-date online content, control and monitor the use of Web-based help systems in real time, and develop help systems for use with the...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Server, Online Help, Adobe RoboHelp Server 6, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-09-06
- Get a sneak peek of upcoming Microsoft development technologies
- FacilidadeQuero apenas baixar a apresentação preliminar da microsoft !New MS Help Compiler?What changes are coming for MS Help with Longhorn? I develop HTML and Web help with RoboHelp. Its been sold to Adobe who will not be developing it further. I am in the process of evaluating other Help compilers/authoring...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, MS Help, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-05-13
- Help & Manual (exe)
- Help & Manual is the most powerful help authoring tool on the market. It creates HTML Help and Winhelp for Windows, browser-based help for Windows, Unix, and Mac, Adobe PDF, printed documentation, and several other help formats. Edit and design your documentation with Help & Manuals comfortable WYSIWYG editor and...
- Tags: HTML, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-10-19
- Software Leaders Experience Improved Productivity, Develop Cutting-Edge Product
- MadCap Software is the developer of MadCap Flare, the next generation in Help authoring tools. The company's principals are veterans of the Help-authoring space and the creators of RoboHelp, the original Help-authoring standard. MadCap wanted to evolve Help-authoring by developing the first native XML Help-authoring tool. MadCap needed to create...
- Tags: Software, MadCap Software, C#, Team Management, Productivity, .Net, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management
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- MadCap Flare (exe)
- In addition to generating an innovative new kind of WebHelp (cross-browser, cross-platform Help), Flare will generate a new help format designed for .NET application developers, Microsoft HTML Help (.chm), and printed documentation in either Microsoft Word or Adobe FrameMaker format. Customize your authoring environment. Open multiple documents simultaneously for easy...
- Tags: MadCap Software, MadCap Flare, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Web 2.0, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Internet
- Software downloads 2007-07-24
- HyperText Studio, Professional Edition (exe)
- The HyperText Studio is a WYSIWYG Online Help and Web site authoring tool. Easily create WinHelp (.hlp), Web sites, HTML Help (.chm) and BrowserHelp (Olson Software's browser based help system). The integrated WYSIWYG and HTML Code editors ease page creation while the site and link management tools let you manage...
- Tags: HTML, Web Site, Tool, HyperText Studio, Web Site Development, Productivity, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing
- Software downloads 2006-04-21
- Customize your resume for each job
- Sending identical copies of your resume to all your prospective clients can only hurt your chances of standing out in the crowd. Apply these tips on tailoring your resume for the job you want.Kevin Donlin owns and runs Guaranteed Resumes, a resume and cover letter writing service that also provides...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Professional development, Kevin Donlin, job, technical writer, software
- Technical articles 2002-07-22
- RoboDemo: Flexible e-learning and online product demos
- If your project requirements call for e-learning content, or your marketing group is clamoring for online demonstrations of your latest product, product demonstration software can help. Because these presentations are typically delivered in a variety of formats—internal company portals, partner extranets, and Web casts—you'll want software that has a range...
- Tags: Operating systems, William T. Kelly, RoboDemo 3.0, e-learning, RoboDemo
- Technical articles 2003-06-27
- Choosing the online help format that's best for your project
- No developer wants to work on online documentation, but it is a necessary evil. This article explores the concept of developing online help and describes the available help formats.If you develop applications that ship with printed documentation, you might want to consider adding an online help system. The conventional wisdom...
- Tags: Meredith Little, online help, tool
- Technical articles 2002-04-30
- Adjust your documentation plan for .NET
- As your development team moves to Microsoft .NET-based projects, your documentation efforts for both your end users and developers should follow. Your current documentation plan is a start, but the introduction of .NET means your technical writers and documentation development efforts must be adjusted.Typically, a documentation plan is like a...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, William T. Kelly, DocumentationPlan.NET, Microsoft .NET, documentation plan, online help, Microsoft Corp.
- Technical articles 2003-04-16
- What you should know about JavaHelp
- If you're developing in Java, you have a help system available that you may not be aware of. Take a look at how JavaHelp can simplify the creation of the help portion of your applications.Are you being asked to deliver more and more documentation, including help content, for the applications...
- Tags: Programming languages, EHelp, Sun Microsystems Inc., Quadralay, Kathrine Wright, Solutionsoft, JavaHelp, Java
- Technical articles 2001-08-06
- What are the best methods to reduce user guides for end users?
- I support a Sales Team that complains that documentation is to robust for them. They want me to condense it. A) this document is 90 pages long and B) they are usually handed to me .pdf format....any suggestions on how to condese these to make them more meaningful...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, dak1010@..., sales, action caption, sales team, caption
- Discussion threads 2007-06-25
- Site-ings: Help is on the way
- Looking for an efficient way to document your own software or create a how-to manual? Lauren Willoughby points you to a number of sites that sport help-authoring tools and resources.Before Tim Berners-Lee covered the world in his Web, we were experiencing HTML-style benefits—and we didn't even know it. Maybe one...
- Tags: Lauren Willoughby, HTML, Blue Sky, WebHelp, Microsoft Windows
- Technical articles 2000-01-18
- Talking Shop: Create software tutorials with RoboDemo 4.0
- One of the best ways to teach end users how to use a new piece of software or to perform some task in an existing software or operating system is by actually showing them how it's done. But when you're talking about training a large group of people, taking the...
- Tags: RoboDemo 4.0, Greg Shultz, experimentation, software
- Technical articles 2003-10-22
- Best practices? Sez who?
- blog rootBlog, Blog, Blog.Okay, so I get into heated debates with these wet behind the ears college kids who don't know the difference between AC and DC current in their computer. Drives me nuts. How many remember dropping your deck of punch cards and having to sort them out to...
- Tags: Games, Blogging, Programming languages, Development tools, donweb@..., J2EE, best practice, game, blog, Java
- Discussion threads 2005-05-27
- Looking for an income boost? Branch out into technical writing
- Whether you're looking to enhance your skill set or just earn some extra money, technical writing might be the path to follow. Find out if you've got the chops for it, and we'll tell you how to get started.Would you like to use the knowledge that you already possess to...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Timothy Huckabee, technical writer, technical writing, income, skill set
- Technical articles 2000-12-22
- The Mythical Man-Month revisited
- Many of the strategies outlined in a 1975 book can still be used today to guide software development projects. A Builder.com member looks back at the book and the lessons we should have learned from it.Many IT pros have read Frederick P. Brooks’ book The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software...
- Tags: Team management, PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, Frederick P. Brooks, essay, team
- Technical articles 2002-09-09
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