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Equipped with Microsoft Sandcastle Plug-In, Doc-To-Help 2007 v2 extends Sandcastle functionality by adding its content to project and treating it as any other source content, automatically creating topics, index entries, and table of contents entries. Authors can add their own narrative content and create links to Sandcastle namespaces to create cohesive documentation. Program also includes text and rich content variables, allowing authors to designate any content for reuse.
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ComponentOne® Doc-To-Help's New Release Becomes the First Tool to Integrate with Microsoft Sandcastle
Release Also Helps Improve Authoring Efficiency with Variables
PITTSBURGH, July 31 /-- ComponentOne today announced Doc-To- Help 2007 v2, the second installment this year of the tool's yearly subscription release cycle. This release includes a Microsoft Sandcastle Plug-in to automatically include industry standard reference documentation in Doc-To-Help projects. Doc-To-Help 2007 v2 also delivers Text and Rich Content Variables to allow authors to manage reusable content.
Microsoft Sandcastle automatically generates MSDN-formatted reference documents in XML format from .NET source code and comment files. Doc-To-Help extends Sandcastle functionality by adding its content to a Doc-To-Help project and treating it as any other source content, automatically creating topics, index entries and table of contents entries. Authors can add their own narrative content and create links to Sandcastle namespaces to create a cohesive documentation project. These projects can be single-sourced for virtually any online Help format and printed manuals. Sandcastle is currently a Community Technology Preview and is available on Microsoft's Web site.
"We are proud to be the first to integrate with Microsoft Sandcastle. This utility generates amazing reference content and Help authors and developers who need to produce reference information will be thrilled that it takes no time to include content of this quality," said Sunny Wong, Managing Director of ComponentOne.
Doc-To-Help 2007 v2 also includes Text and Rich Content Variables to improve efficiency and single sourcing. This feature allows authors to designate any content for reuse. Frequently used content, such as product names, descriptions, and entire topics, can be managed in one place and inserted across the documentation project. These variables are also conditional, so different content can be inserted in different outputs.
"We use our subscription cycle to give our customer updates that improve their authoring experience," said Dan Beall, Product Manager at ComponentOne. "Text and Rich Content Variables empowers authors to save time and maintain content quality, quickly reuse and manage any size block of content."
New Features and Enhancements:
-- Text Variables: This time-saving feature allows authors to edit commonly used text (i.e. names, phrases, and definitions), manage them in one place, and insert them in content wherever they are needed.
-- Rich Content Variables: Easily define any content (i.e., tables, topics, and screenshots) for reuse across a project, manage them in one place, and insert them in content wherever they are needed. Authors can use HTML Rich Content to include HTML elements in Word source projects for online use.
-- Sandcastle Plug-In: The Sandcastle plug-in allows authors to use reference documentation as part of the Doc-To-Help project. It easily adds narrative to reference documentation, and drastically reduces time and effort required for documentation projects.
About Doc-To-Help
Doc-To-Help is a single-source Help authoring tool that empowers authors to create HTML or Microsoft Office Word content and convert it to virtually every popular Help file format (including browser-based, platform independent Help) or printed documentation.
Pricing and Availability
Doc-To-Help is available in two versions, Doc-To-Help Enterprise and Doc- To-Help for Word with respective pricing of $999.95 and $749.95. Competitive upgrades, renewal pricing, telephone support and volume discounts are also available. For more details contact sales@componentone.com.
As always, the Doc-To-Help yearly subscription delivers new technologies, features and functionality that enable users to create feature-rich Help systems more efficiently. Current subscribers will receive these new features and enhancements as part of their annual subscription.
Orders may be placed via the ComponentOne Web site (http://www.doctohelp.com/ or www.doc-to-help.co.uk/), telephone (Pittsburgh, PA USA: 800.858.2739 or 412.681.4343 outside the U.S.A.; ComponentOne Europe: 0800 328 5271 or +44 (0) 1460 234636; as well as through ComponentOne's worldwide network of distributors and dealers.
About ComponentOne
ComponentOne is the premier provider of Help authoring tools for authors who write and design Help systems. ComponentOne Doc-To-Help is used by Help authors worldwide for developing robust and professional Help systems. Doc-To-Help has received numerous industry and user accolades for their tools, including awards from Visual Studio Magazine and Society for Technical Communication.
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CONTACT: Tracy Gunzenhauser, Marketing Coordinator of ComponentOne LLC,
+1-412-681-4343, Fax: +1-412-681-4384, tracyg@componentone.com
