Help & Manual

Help & Manual

Infobox Software
Name = Help & Manual 5


license = Proprietary
operating system = Microsoft Windows
platform = PC
programming language = Delphi
latest release version = 5
developer = EC Software
genre = IDE

Help & Manual is a Windows-based help authoring tool published by EC Software, a company based in Austria.

Like many help authoring tools, Help & Manual allows the writer to create a single source text which it then converts to a number of target formats. In this case, the author creates the source text using an editor built in to the Help & Manual program. The text, along with the user's settings for the project, are stored in XML files. Version 5.0 of Help & Manual was released June 2008. Help & Manual currently supports the following output formats:

* PDF
* WinHelp
* Compressed HTML
* HTML Web Page
* Visual Studio Help
* Rich Text Format (Microsoft Word)
* eBook (Windows executable containing an embedded viewer)
* Round-trip XML for external translation and re-import (own XML schema)
* Printed manuals

Version 4.x of Help & Manual also supports Unicode for creating help in all international languages, including Asian languages like Chinese, Japanese and Thai but excluding right-to-left languages.

Version 5.x of Help & Manual contains a completely redesigned Ribbon interface, and permits multiple users to collaborate and work on a single help project at the same time.

The program comes bundled with several tools, including a screenshot capture tool, a graphics program with functions for editing and enhancing screenshots, a help context tool for managing, importing and exporting help context numbers, a "print manual designer" for creating and editing layout templates for PDF files and printed manuals and a reporting tool for generating and exporting project reports.

Prices range from USD $399 to $599 for new licenses, and $139 to $199 for upgrades. Upon request, EC Software offers educational discounts and cross-upgrade discounts for users switching from other major help authoring tools (RoboHelp, Madcap Flare, AuthorIT, and Doc2Help).

Version history

* 3.x - used RTF-based source files with a .HM3 extension.
* 4.x - uses XML-based source files with a .HMX extension
* 5.x - uses XML-based source files with a .HMXP extension

External links

* [http://www.ec-software.com/hmpage.htm Help & Manual home page]
* [http://helpman.it-authoring.com/ Help & Manual user forum]


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