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Pop-ups in Print
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Doc-To-Help allows you to include "pop-ups" in print. Simply use Doc-To-Help's margin note feature in Microsoft Word to break out details about certain topics or include a definition of a glossary term. That is precisely what pop-ups do; they give break-out details or define a term. So, margin notes are in essence print pop-ups. |
| Doc-To-Help makes it easy to define margin notes and automatically turns them into pop-ups for online outputs. The margin note menu on the Doc-To-Help Ribbon (in Word 2007) or toolbar (in Word 2003) will guide you through the creation process. You can manually enter the note or tell Doc-To-Help to populate it with a glossary term. Once you configure a margin note, it will appear neatly in the manual's margin in print and as a pop-up in online outputs. |
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Just Use Microsoft Word and Look like a Genius
Gustavo Eydelsteyn, Co-founder
"I just write the docs in Word, use Doc-To-Help to produce a Help file, and pass it around. They don't know how I do it. They just think I am a genius." I recently heard these words in conversation with a user at a conference. This could be you.
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Did you know that everything Doc-To-Help does is designed to help you focus on what you need to do - write quality documentation - and produce professional quality, highly interactive deliverables? Your end users don't care how you produced what they use, they just want to quickly find the information they need and enjoy the experience. This issue of the Doc-To-Help Tech Connection points out a couple of rarely talked about, but very powerful, features that help you to quickly create great documentation and give you the title of "genius".
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Creating a Glossary that Works for You with Doc-To-Help
Nicky Bleiel, Senior Information Developer
If you have more or less given up developing glossaries because your customers can't find them and therefore don't use them, you should reconsider, because Doc-To-Help can automatically create an interactive Glossary for you in your online Help projects. Glossaries are the ideal way to handle jargon or acronyms unique to your company, and |
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more general terminology for training and other instructional materials. You can store definitions in one place and make them available at a click, plus you still have a standard glossary customers can refer to. Read more...
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New Sample in Latest Doc-To-Help Release
Samples are among the best materials to help you learn about what you can do with Doc-To-Help, so we strive to keep ours fresh. Doc-To-Help 2009 v3, released in October, includes a new Microsoft Word-based sample called "Software Documentation". Find it in your "My Doc-To-Help Projects" folder.
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Doc-To-Help 2010 Coming Next Month
The next Doc-To-Help subscription installment is coming next month. Teams will be able to use Microsoft Team Foundation Server for source control,
convert any RoboHelp project (Word or HTML) to XHTML for editing in Doc-To-Help using the updated RoboHelp converter, and enjoy improvements to list support in the editor. Watch your inbox for the announcement!
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Upcoming Webcasts
Improving Usability with ComponentOne DynamicHelp -
Join Nicky Wednesday, December 9th at 2:00PM EST and learn how to improve usability by embedding a Help pane directly into your application's
interface with ComponentOne DynamicHelp, a control included with Studio for WinForms and Doc-To-Help. Then watch how you or your Help authors
can visually map topics.
Reserve your seat at no cost.
Policies and Procedures: Online and Easy to Use -
Join Brad Wednesday, December 16th at 3:00PM EST, and learn the simple process of setting up, marking up, and customizing your employee manuals so that they can be transformed into dynamic web content by Doc-To-Help. The end result is a clean, professional, searchable, indexed online format that can be easily viewed and accessed by your employees either locally, or on your company's Intranet.
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Q: Can I set up my project to produce two distinct manuals, each with their own layout?
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A: Yes, you can create two distinctly different manuals from one project (in fact, you could create three, four, or more if you wish). To do so, simply create two Manual Targets for your project (hint: use the Help Targets dialog box), then assign a different Target Template to each using the Target Template or Target CSS drop-down in Doc-To-Help's Home tab. (You would choose the Target Template if working in Word; the Target CSS if working in XHTML or HTML.)
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To edit a Target Template or CSS to your specifications, click the Target Template or Target CSS drop down and choose Edit.
If you have any additional questions on this subject (or any others), please email me at asktheexpert@doctohelp.com.
Thanks, Nicky
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