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We're Here to Make Your Job Easier
Dan Beall, Product Manager
Sometimes software vendors and end-users both forget the fundamental reason tools exist: to help you do your job faster, easier, and better (and hopefully make you look good in the process!). The Doc-To-Help team has a clear focus on this mission. Every feature we deliver is aimed at making tasks easier for you. |
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Fundamentally, Doc-To-Help exists to allow you to write content once and publish it in many versions to many different outputs. That alone saves drastic amounts of time, but we also give you many other features that automate otherwise difficult and tedious tasks. Examples of automation include instant TOCs, "see also" links, chunking of existing documents into logical online Help, formatting of links for online and print use, glossary term pop-ups, search, and formatting for print. In fact, the feature article in this newsletter explains one of these features in depth.
If there is anything else we can do to help you do your job, feel free to email me directly.
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How Doc-To-Help Creates Usable, Interactive Glossaries Automatically
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. |
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Glossaries are the ideal way to handle jargon or acronyms unique to your company, and 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. And with Doc-To-Help, the "definitions at a click" are... continue to full article. |
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STC Chapter Tour in Progress
The Doc-To-Help Team has started touring STC Chapters to discuss how SharePoint can help manage your content. If you or your fellow STC members (or any other group) would like to learn about SharePoint's content management features, ask your local chapter leader to schedule a visit. If you would like to contact us regarding a chapter visit, email Eve Turzillo.
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Upcoming Webcasts
Introducing Doc-To-Help
Take a look "under the hood" of Doc-To-Help. Topics covered include customization and creation of the Table of Contents, Context IDs, and the Index, as well as an overview of how the software works, tips, tricks, and best practices.
October 27 at 3:00 PM (EDT) Register
November 3 at 3:00 PM (EDT) Register
How to Create API/SDK Reference Documentation in a Click with Doc-To-Help
Join us to learn how easy it is to create reference documentation with Doc-To-Help.
November 11 at 2:00 PM (EDT) Register
Improve Usability with ComponentOne DynamicHelp
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.
November 11 at 3:00 PM (EDT) Register
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Ask the Expert
Q: Doc-To-Help has both Text and Rich Content variables, what is the difference?
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A:Variables allow you to write content once, store it in one place, then reuse it throughout your project. Text Variables are best for small chunks of text such as your company or product name. They are unformatted, so anywhere they are inserted, they will take on the styles around them.
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Rich Content variables are perfect for larger chunks of text, and can include styles if you wish. They are great for product descriptions, tables - any copy you want to reuse throughout your project. If you have any additional questions on this subject or any others, please email me. Thanks, Nicky
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October/November Quick Survey
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Last Month's Survey Results
Last month, we asked who translates your content. The results were evenly split:
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