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The following products provide comprehensive solutions to authoring Windows Help systems, designing web sites, and managing content. We've also included utilities that address specific needs.
Select a company and product from the listbox below to jump quickly to its listing, or select one of the following tool types to jump to a category: Help Authoring Tools, Web Development/XML Tools and Editors, Graphics Tools, Content Management, Conversion Tools and Utilites, or Translation Tools and Services
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AuthorIT: AuthorIT Software
Corporation Ltd. Whether you are an individual author or a large corporation, AuthorIT V3.0 is the only Documentation tool you will ever need. Author content once, change it in one place, reduce errors and re-work, minimize reviews, and eliminate duplication. Manage content and resources, control workflow, and meet deadlines. Publish print, online help, and web documents. Improve productivity and achieve significant cost savings with AuthorIT. |
Doc-O-Matic: toolsfactory software Inc Doc-O-Matic creates fully cross linked documentation systems, including both Source Code Documentation, Application Documentation, and User Manuals. Doc-O-Matic parses C/C++ and Delphi/Pascal. Doc-O-Matic comes with its own integrated editor for authoring Help systems in HTML, HTML Help, Windows Help, and printable PDF manuals from one single source. |
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Doc-To-Help: ComponentOne LLC ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 has been the premier authoring and publishing tool in the market since 1991. It enables technical communicators, policy writers, and other content creators to author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or HTML, and publish to the Web, Help systems, or printed manuals with a single click. ComponentOne is the only vendor that gives you everything you need to create your documentation deliverables in one application. Its unique combination of editing, single sourcing, and publishing technology translates to significant time savings and the highest level of quality. Since Doc-To-Help is the complete documentation solution, your need for additional tools has been eliminated. |
Document! X: Innovasys Document! X shortcuts the process of creating and maintaining documentation and context sensitive on-line help for .Net Assemblies, Visual Basic/VBA/Visual Basic.NET source code, ASP.NET Ajax Javascript, COM components, type libraries, databases and XSD Schemas. Document! X produces a comprehensive and accurate professional quality documentation set for your components, applications and databases - automatically. Used by leading component vendors including Infragistics, Janus, Data Dynamics, Dundas and telerik to produce their commercial technical documentation. |
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EasyHTMLHelp: Eon Commerce Ltd. HTML editor created by Eon Commerce
for producers of bulk online documentation, manuals, etc. These tools
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FAR: The Helpware Group Shareware authoring tool. Multi-file, HTML friendly, Search and Replace. Create MS HTML Help 1.x and MS HELP 2.x with the click of a button. Help Wizards make it easy to convert HTML Webs into MS Help. Add a Table of Contents to your web site that will work with any browser. CHM file Link checker. Dozens of other helpful utilities make this a "must have" tool for every help author and developer. |
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XDK (XML Development Kit):
VMtech International XDK is designed for creating and maintaining massive and sophisticated online documentation and Help projects. XDK’s database design, true single-sourcing, virtual libraries, project themes and project import, are designed to reduce the cost of development and maintenance. XDK will create Help systems, Web-Help, and large online documents (HTML and XML). |
Help & Manual: EC Software Help authoring tool for creating and editing online help projects and exporting them to a variety of different formats. Output your initial help file into print manuals, Adobe PDF, HTML Help, HTML, Winhelp, and other file formats. Help and Manual is a single source help authoring tool that provides you with the means to take advantage of all the individual strength and features of each file format. |
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HelpBreeze: Solutionsoft Help authoring tool with full support for Microsoft's HTML Help and Sun's JavaHelp. Additionally, HelpBreeze automatically creates professional quality printed documentation and plain HTML (complete with table of contents and index) suitable for the web or your intranet. HelpBreeze is a complete, single-source documentation solution. |
Help Magician Elite: Software Interphase, Inc. Since 1992, Help Magician Elite has been providing an easy-to-use single source, stand-alone WYSIWYG environment for creating help files. Supports output to HTML Help, HTML web pages, WinHelp, and a printed manual. For Windows 98/XP/2000/Vista. Full functioning demo available. |
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HyperText Studio: Olson Software Try out the HyperText Studio, a WYSIWYG authoring tool to create WinHelp, Web Sites, and HTML Help - all from one tool! See http://www.olsonsoft.com for more details. |
eTracker: Solan Technologies eTracker is a Real-time user assistance tool for any application, that automatically guides the user through the workflow process, explaining where to click and what to do until successful completion- for maximizing efficiency and reducing TCO. Just as if you would have the best helpdesk specialist standing beside you and telling you what to do and where to click next. |
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PerformX: Systemik Solutions Pty Ltd PerformX Wizards are used to design, author, and publish documentation in an easy three-step process. Designed and developed by Systemik Solutions, an innovative software development and documentation consulting group, PerformX is a revolutionary Rapid Documentation Publishing tool. |
HelpMaker: Vizacc HelpMaker is an open-source, stand-alone Help authoring tool for Windows 95/98/NT for HTML Help, WinHelp, RTF, HTML/web site, and manuals. HelpMaker is a true WYSIWYG Windows Help writer that creates all types of Help files and printed manuals from the same data. |
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QuickHelp: Excel Software QuickHelp is a development tool for quickly creating and distributing online Help for Linux applications. QuickHelp consists of a Builder for creating the Help topics and a Viewer for deploying them to end users. The information resides in a single XML file distributed with the QuickHelp Viewer. QuickHelp supports a table of contents, an index with automatic search field, word searches across topics, color-highlighted topic text with hypertext links, and context sensitive help from applications. For the developer, QuickHelp provides a highly productive editing environment to create, verify, and maintain application help. |
RoboHelp: Adobe Systems Incorporated Adobe RoboHelp 6 is a complete, flexible, and user-friendly system for building, managing, and publishing engaging content for help systems and standalone knowledge bases. It is a core product in the Adobe portfolio for technical communicators. |
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Captivate: Adobe Systems Incorporated Adobe Captivate software enables anyone to rapidly create powerful and engaging simulations, software demonstrations, and scenario-based training without programming knowledge or multimedia skills |
Sevensteps BV: Sevensteps Software for creating online Help systems supporting HTML, WinHelp, HTML Help, and XML as an output format. Sevensteps Partner program focuses on experienced online Help consultants who want to deliver added value to Help systems they deliver. Sevensteps Designer is a product for consultants wanting to create their own flavor of Sevensteps. |
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TeeGofer: Steema Software SL TeeGofer is a help template builder for Component writers working in Microsoft's Visual Studio.NET. |
E.S.T. Help Author Pro: Bitvadasz Kft. MaxComponents E.S.T. is complete help authoring tool to create the most popular help formats. All output files can be generated automatically from only one single source file without any additional modification. Supported formats: Standard Windows Help File (HLP); HTML Help Format (CHM); Web Help without Style Sheets (HTML); Web Help with Style Sheets (HTML); Web Help with/without frames (HTML); ANSI Text Format Manual (TXT); Unicode Text Format Manual (TXT); Rich Text Format Manual (RTF); Electronic Book (Win32 Executable). |
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ViewletBuilder: Qarbon.com Creates fast, effective animated online demos that show how software works. Perfect for training and support because of the visual nature of the presentations. May be integrated into RoboHelp and other programs. Visit www.qarbon.com to download an evaluation version. |
ReWorx:
VMtech International Using a six-step wizard, ReWorx produces powerful online document and Help systems automatically from within Word. ReWorx converts Word documents using the latest XML technology for reliable formatting and enhanced end-user functionality, including built-in table-of-contents, context sensitivity, and search. Simply create your documents in Word and then use ReWorx to republish them to the Internet, Intranet or Help. |
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HelpServer: 4.ST HelpServer is a web-based solution for help and documentation. It is an integrated CMS, DMS and Help authoring solution. Because HelpServer is database-oriented content can easily be reused. HelpServer is able to respond to user's help requests and presents information in their webbrowser. HelpServer is the only solution that is server-based, which means it can deliver information tailored to the user's profile and language and can generate always up-to-date printable PDF's from this tailored content on the spot. |
Rocket ActiveGuide: Rocket Software, Inc. Rocket ActiveGuide creates optimal real-time self-service performance support for applications and business processes. |
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Help Generator: AGORA Software BV The Help Generator offers help authors a new way to add help and documentation to their applications. Instead of making help files from scratch by hand the generator scans the application and produces the required files, including screenshots. The generated HTML files are edited with built-in help editor. The result can be compiled to HTML Help, web based help and documentation in Word. Supported platforms are Visual Studio 2003, 2005 and 2008 (VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET), Visual Basic 6.0 and Microsoft Access. |
chm2web: A!K Research Labs chm2web is a tool for on-the-fly conversion of compiled HTML Help(.chm) files into ready to publish web pages. |
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Fast-Help: DevHost Ltd Fast-Help is a Windows Help File Generator that produces HTML Help, WinHelp, Website Help, printable manuals, MS Word manuals and PDF. |
Help Explorer: HelpExplorer Software Help Explorer Server is specially designed to publish offline help files on the Web in whatever format they are: WinHelp (.HLP), Compiled Help Format (.CHM) or even Microsoft Help 2.0 (.HXS). |
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PocketHelp: e-PocketSetup.com PocketHelp is the first WYSIWYG help files creator and HTML editor for Pocket PC. PocketHelp uses a editor called TAP & EDIT, you insert a topic, insert a topic item, tap in the topic item and edit. It is very easy to use! Now PocketHelp is FREE! |
Flare: MadCap Software From the original creators of RoboHelp, MadCap Software has revolutionized the documentation industry with the first complete, integrated XML content workflow solution—for online, print and the Web. With its flagship product Flare, MadCap offers a complete authoring and publishing system with full support for maximum content re-use (single-sourcing) and the ability to publish to online, desktop, and print formats (multi-channel publishing). |
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HelpScribble: JGsoft - Just
Great Software HelpScribble is a full-featured, easy-to-use help authoring tool for creating help files from start to finish. Create WinHelp (.hlp) files, HTML Help (.chm) files, a printed manual and online documentation (on a web site) all from the same HelpScribble project. HelpScribble comes with built-in editors for SHG files (clickable bitmaps), WinHelp macros, contents tree, browse sequences, etc. |
HelpMapper: Beachside Technical
Media, Inc. HelpMapper is a large scale enterprise solution for one click Context-Sensitive Help. HelpMapper is a non-technical, multi-user, Help product that allows the stakeholders rather than developers to update and maintain Online Help. HelpMapper supports products such as, PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel, Baan, and ASP.NET. Additionally, HelpMapper requires no data conversion of web ready files. |
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Toolbook: SumTotal Systems SumTotal ToolBook is the easiest way to create professional quality interactive training content and simulations. We know that selecting the right tool for the job can be critical to your job, and so the ToolBook team has designed two desktop authoring products to address the unique needs of your organization - ToolBook Assistant & ToolBook Instructor. |
Dr. Explain: Indigo Byte Systems Dr. Explain captures windows from a live application, creates screenshots and automatically adds references to all window controls: buttons, edit fields, radio buttons, dropdown lists, and other elements. You must just add some description if needed. |
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RESITE Recorder Express: Insite Objects, Inc. Rapidly create end-user documentation and dramatically reduce the effort to create compiled help with RESITE Recorder Express. This must-have solution resides right on your desktop, and with a click of a button, records your actions. When you are finished, Express simply exports content to Microsoft Word or XML, allowing you to focus more on your application and less on the documentation. |
HelpConsole 2008: Extreme Ease Software HelpConsole is a powerful, easy-to-use help authoring tool for creating web-based help systems and PDF manuals. Publish a 'Static' help system to integrate with your Windows or Web application, or publish a 'dynamic' help system on your website that can be modified from anywhere using a standard browser. HelpConsole features a true WYSIWYG design environment, allowing you to see exactly how the resulting help system will appear. |
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HelpNDoc: IBE Software HelpNDoc is an easy to use yet powerful and intuitive help authoring tool. HelpNDoc provides a clear and efficient interface to build the most amazing CHM help files, WEB based documentation, PDF and Word documents from a single source without worrying about the inner working of help file generation. You just have to enter or import your documentation in the built-in word processor and hit the "Compile" button to obtain a fully functional help file which looks exactly as you designed it. |
Across Language Server: Across Systems Inc. Whether you are the initiator of online helps or a service provider: Across Language Server helps you to localize your online helps - thereby cutting costs, shortening time to market and increasing the quality of your multilingual content. The Across Language Server is a central software platform for all corporate language resources and for controlling translation processes and workflows. The software includes a translation memory, a terminology system, and powerful project management and translation workflow control tools. Product managers, translators, and proofreaders all work in one system, either in-house or via a seamless connection to translation service providers. | |
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HelpStudio: Innovasys HelpStudio seamlessly combines a feature packed WYSIWYG authoring environment with XHTML based layout templates to make it simple to create consistent, professional looking help systems with the minimum of effort and integrate them with your desktop or web based applications or components, including .NET. Generate help output in cross-platform browser help, HTML Help 1.x, Help 2.x or printable PDF Booklets. Built in localization support means that you can take your help system to a global audience if required. HelpStudio is the full version of HelpStudio Lite - the help authoring tool included in the Microsoft Visual Studio SDK. |
Flypaper: Flypaper Studio Flypaper is a rich media application that enable people with moderate computer skills to easily create engaging, interactive Flash content without programming. Flypaper Stories are quick to produce, editable and immediately accessible for live or Web-based delivery. The application helps any user easily create high-end communications, such as tutorials, e-Learning courses, interactive presentations and multimedia Web content, with an intuitive software solution and Flypaper "models." Models are professionally designed, Web-ready pages that users simply drag and drop from the Flypaper Website into the application, then customize content and special effects, and publish the high-impact results. These content can then be modified, shared and reused for an endless variety of new content. |
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DocArchitector: Softarex Ltd. DocArchitector is a help authoring tool for Windows XP and Vista. Full-featured, WYSIWYG documentation writing tool that automates context-sensitive help authoring and software manual development in CHM format. Authoring environment allows users to work simultaneously with several files, search for broken links and orphaned files in project's folders, and automate image acquisition process. Other features include screen capturing module, full-featured video file creation tool, and graphics editor. |
Acronyms Master: SBS labs The AM (Acronyms Master) tool is a unique solution for acronym management. AM analyses the contents of a document, finds all Acronyms and creates a Table of Acronyms in the document. AM's powerful search algorithm identifies all possible meanings (abbreviations) for nominated acronyms and updates the Table of Acronyms correspondingly. |
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HDK (Help Development Kit):
VMtech International The classic authoring tool from Virtual Media, HDK is a powerful authoring tool for creating highly accessible Web based information systems and Windows Help. |
ContexTrans: Lingo24 These free translation tools can be very handy when it comes to communicating in foreign languages. If you have any doubt about a word or a phrase, just type it in the search box and you are just one click away from solving your problem. |
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Morae: TechSmith Corporation Morae – Usability Testing and Market Research software. Use Morae to help you make things people love. Morae is the premier software for deeply understanding customer experiences…and sharing those insights clearly and powerfully. From focus groups to usability testing, Morae is software for any research method. |
DITAworks: instinctools GmbH DITAworks is an Eclipse-based documentation tool that provides integrated functionality for modeling, creation, administration and publishing of complex documentation. It makes the entire documentation lifecycle systematic because of its inherent DITA architecture. It offers a high potential for re-use of content, flexible publishing (e.g. XHTML, PDF, RTF, EclipseHelp, JavaHelp, troff, DocBook) and easy integration into third party systems. One of the unique features of DITAworks is its comprehensive modeling functions that allow project-specific documentation models (DITA Specializations). DITAworks also has a special Eclipse module specifically focusing on Eclipse Help and full integration with Eclipse development. |
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Help Server: X-tensive Help Server is ASP.NET application that allows .Chm and .HxS (Microsoft Help 2.0) help files to be displayed in a web browser. The Help Server user interface is similar to built-in Windows Help, so almost anyone who knows Windows Help can use it. |
Helpmatic Pro HTML: HSG Software Solutions Helpmatic Pro HTML is an easy to use, standalone help authoring tool for creating Windows HTML Help files (.chm) and Web Based Help (WebHelp). You can import existing WinHelp and HTML Help projects, design your help file in a What You See Is What You Get environment, produce your help file in a matter of minutes, and then even create a web site from it. |
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PerfectIt: Intelligent Editing Ltd PerfectIt helps you to locate typos and errors in Microsoft Word documents. It finds mistakes that no spelling or grammar check will discover. It makes proofreading faster and helps to ensure that your documents meet the highest standards. |
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WebWorks ePublisher: Quadralay Corp. Platform for building powerful web and print based publishing solutions for FrameMaker, Word, and XML document authoring environments. Supports publishing of HTML, XML, PDF, as well as all the current and next generation online help formats. |
Auscomp eNavigator Suite: Auscomp Java-based navigation tool for Internet,
intranet, or extranet sites. |
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BBEdit: Bare Bones Software, Inc. BBEdit is a high-performance HTML and text editor for the Mac OS. Whether you're working on code for a website, writing programs or shell script, searching log files and extracting data, or simply writing a few paragraphs BBEdit offers many features that will make your task quicker and easier. |
Cold Fusion: Adobe Systems Incorporated A Web application server that gives your team a complete development platform. Fast and scalable, a proven technology that drives tens of thousands of Web applications in leading companies worldwide. |
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Dreamweaver: Adobe Systems Incorporated Dreamweaver has everything you need to develop a professional Web site, whether you use Dreamweaver's visual layout tools or its text-editing environment. |
XDocs: Bluestream Database Software Corp. Bluestream delivers and deploys XDocs, an out-of-the box DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) enabled XML content management system ideal for budget conscious organizations that are looking to maximize content reusability and repurposing. Built with non-technical users in mind, XDocs is a standard-compliant single sourcing solution that enables technical communicators to create, manage and store large volumes of both XML and non-XML content |
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HTML Compare: Applian
Technologies, Inc. This tool helps you easily find changes within an HTML file or an entire website. HTML Compare highlights the differences, additions, deletions and modifications of websites. You can also compare directories and create a report of changes to the directory structure. HTML Compare is a fantastic way to find new files and changed graphics. |
Oxygen XML Editor: Syncro Soft
Ltd Oxygen, an XML editor in Java, supports and offers validation for XML, XSD, XSL, and DTD. Features XSLT transformation, Unicode support, FOP support, browser preview, automatic DTD generation, syntax highlight, and code insight. |
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Style Master: Westciv Webware Where many style sheets tools are really repurposed text editors, Style Master is built from the ground up as a specialized style sheets IDE (integrated development environment), featuring everything you need to develop, test and deploy sophisticated style sheets. |
TopStyle Pro: NewsGator Technologies, Inc. From the creator of HomeSite, TopStyle Pro is an award winning style-sheet editor for Windows. |
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XML Spy: Altova, Inc. XML Spy is an Integrated Development Environment for the eXtensible Markup Language that includes all major aspects of XML in one product. XML Spy is centered around a professional validating XML editor that provides five advanced views on your documents. |
XSL Formatter V4: Antenna House, Inc. The most advanced and powerful XSL-FO software available for formatting XML, DITA and S1000D into PDF and print. Newly released V4.3 now offers support for 64 bit Windows Systems, CGM images, INX output, Unicode 5.0, PDF Acrobat Forms (AcroForms), PDF Digital Signatures, PDF/A, PostScript Output and numerous other enhancements. |
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The Exchanger XML Editor:
Cladonia Limited The Exchanger XML Editor is a Java-based product that provides unique functionality for viewing, authoring and editing XML data and documents, at a compelling price point. The Exchanger XML Editor offers a broad spectrum of functionality to help XML authors, business analysts and software developers. It features XML Schema, RelaxNG and DTD based editing, tag prompting and validation, Grid view for tag free editing, XPath and regular expression searches, schema conversion, XSLT, XQUERY and XSLFO transformations, comprehensive project management, an SVG viewer and conversion, easy SOAP invocations, and more. |
WebTide WebTide HTML editor is a java based free HTML editor. WebTide now integrates code completion for the following contexts: HTML files - attribute completion shows only the allowed attributes in the current element PHP files - basic PHP functions competion with function parameter insight. For the PHP competion there are 3 modes available for the parameters: Complete with guessed parameter names, Complete with the parameter's types or Don't complete the parameters at all. The PHP completion is also available in embedded HTML/PHP files inside the PHP processing context CSS files - the CSS completion modules includes restricting the completion values to the current property values. The CSS completion is also available in the styles embedded in HTML or PHP files inside the CSS context defined by the style element. JavaScript files - the JavaScript completion in JavaScript 2.0 compliant and it is only available in the .js files. XML files - for XML files based on DTD and simple(non extended) XSD files. |
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Stylus Studio: DataDirect Technologies Stylus Studio is an XML IDE for working with various XML technologies including XML, XSLT, XML Schema and XQuery. A free trial download is available. |
xmlBlueprint XML Editor: Monkfish Software xmlBlueprint XML Editor is a value-priced and powerful XML editor for the Windows platform. The occasional user will enjoy its speed and ease-of-use. Power users will appreciate its high-quality XML support, such as context-sensitive XML completion and validation of schemas and XML documents against any schema. All major schema types are supported (DTD, Relax NG Schema, XML Schema). |
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Syntext Serna: Syntext, Inc Syntext Serna is a highly customizable, multi-platform, pure XSL-driven WYSIWYG XML content editor. It looks and works like a conventional word processor, yet gives you much more flexibility to alter or reuse content while keeping its integrity intact. Serna lets you collaborate on compound documents that contain embedded data from various sources. Content is viewed as an integrated whole that is intuitively transparent to authors. Possible applications of Syntext Serna range from technical and business content authoring to aircraft maintenance documentation systems. |
SeaGreen: ECI Software, Inc. SeaGreen software is the first desktop application that allows you to create a web-based form and the database you need for collecting your form data. SeaGreen's wizard-like interface takes you from form creation to form publication within minutes. In just 5 easy steps, you'll have a professionally designed form, a database (with tables created automatically for you in MySQL), and a unique, web-based administration module that lets you search your data with ease. Available for Mac and Windows. Free 30-day trial! |
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XDK (XML Development Kit):
VMtech International XDK is designed for creating and maintaining massive and sophisticated online documentation and Help projects. XDK’s database design, true single-sourcing, virtual libraries, project themes and project import, are designed to reduce the cost of development and maintenance. XDK will create Help systems, Web-Help, and large online documents (HTML and XML). |
ProtoShare: Site9, Inc. ProtoShare is a collaborative prototyping tool that helps teams visualize requirements with clickable prototypes and design work. It reduces feature creep, misunderstandings, and rework with the experience of a real website or web app in the prototyping phase. Team members, management, clients, and marketing can all actively participate in the discussion at an early stage of the interactive development process when changes are easier and less costly to make. It also eliminates the time and effort to collect, organize, and distribute input because it has a centralized repository of feedback. ProtoShare is a web-based tool, it supports a wide range of interactive prototypes, from gray-box wireframing to rich Internet functionality. There is a free, 30-day trial available. |
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XMetaL: JustSystems XMetaL, JustSystems’ XML-based software for structured authoring and content collaboration, helps your organization get to market faster with your information products by bringing structure and automation to managing high volumes of valuable content. Using industry standards including DITA, XMetaL enables content creators to efficiently create, collaborate, and reuse information that can be repurposed into the languages and formats your customers demand. Used standalone, or integrated with any of several leading content management and publishing systems, XMetaL can be used by writers and reviewers even without XML knowledge. |
ACA WebThumb ActiveX: ACASystems Are you a developer? Do you want to add “HTML to image”, “HTML to JPEG”, “HTML to PNG” feature to your application? Now, you can try ACA WebThumb ActiveX Control, with a few function calls, it takes the snapshots of given URLs as JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, WMF and EMF image, it helps you convert the web page to images in batch, capture full length website screenshots, generate thumbnail image previews of web pages. |
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EditPad Pro: JGsoft EditPad™ ProEditPad Pro is a powerful and versatile text editor or word processor, designed to make text editing as convenient as possible. Write and edit all your plain text files such as source code, scripts, web sites, logs, letters, memos, reports, articles, etc. Edit text more comfortably with the tabbed layout, live spell checking, column editing, etc. Code more easily with syntax coloring, regular expressions, Windows/DOS/UNIX conversions, etc. |
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Canvas 11: ACD Systems Cross-platform, technical drawing program that combines image editing, page layout, web graphics, and presentation features into one easy to use application. |
FullShot: Inbit, Inc. A 16- and 32-bit, high resolution, true color screen capture utility. |
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HyperSnap-DX: Hyperionics Windows screen capture utilities: HyperSnap-DX screen captures and image editing; HyperCam for AVI movie action and sound captures. |
Paint Shop Pro: Corel Paint Shop Pro is a tool for for editing photos, creating Web graphics, and capturing screen shots. |
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Snagit: TechSmith Corporation If you see it, you can Snagit. Capture any size image your PC can handle in a snap, and share it just as fast. From something small to an entire page that scrolls, Snagit has you covered. Grab exactly what you want, when you want it, every time. |
T.N.T Screen Capture: EC Software A 32-bit, high resolution, true color screen capture utility with unique built-in image effects like shadows, transparency, shapes and more. |
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VidFun: Lawrence Gozum, Applied
Insights Multimedia file viewing, image processing.
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Visio: Microsoft Corporation Powerful diagramming tool that helps document, design, communicate and automate complex ideas, processes and systems so you can take more effective action. Visio helps you easily document business processes, create and use technical diagrams and capture ideas with brainstorming tools and export them to Word, Excel, or XML. |
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Camtasia Studio: TechSmith Camtasia Studio - Powerful screen recording. Record your screen simply. Add professional polish. Produce stunning videos at any size. Delight viewers on the web, CD, or portable devices. Train. Teach. Sell. |
PNGOUTWin: Ardfry Imaging, LLC Dramatically reduce the size of help files and online documentation by optimizing PNG images, or converting from GIF to optimized PNG. Save time optimizing files with PNGOUTWin's easy to use interface, which also supports drag and drop. |
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DemoWorks: ComponentOne LLC DemoWorks gives you the power to produce professional quality demonstration videos without programming, multi-media, or graphic design expertise. With DemoWorks, you can record any screen activity -- add narration, captions, highlights, and produce videos in formats such as Flash, animated GIF, and AVI. Frame-by-frame editing makes "one take" demo creation a reality. DemoWorks is great for producing videos for Help and tutorial materials, web content for sales and marketing, FAQs and knowledgebase articles, and enhanced bug reporting. |
HyperSTI: Tedopres, Inc. HyperSTI converts illustrations into various layers so that illustrations can be (re)used effficiently for various purposes and result in considerable time saving. |
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ACA Capture Pro: ACA Systems A windows screen capture software, it capture screen images, web pages, Flash, icon, menu from your Windows PC even those hard-to-grab DirectX, Direct3D games or video player, create videos of your computer screen(screen recorder/screencam). With ACA Capture Pro's many features, you can supercharge your Print Screen key and save time and enhance your screen shots. |
ScreenToaster: ScreenToaster SAS ScreenToaster is a free web-based screen recorder designed to capture screen activity in real-time then embed videos in blogs and websites. It works in all browsers and doesn't require any download. ScreenToaster is the easiest way to rapidly create and share tutorials, demos, training, lectures and more. Features: audio capture, embed webcam, add subtitles, downloads on desktop, uploads to video platforms. |
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Axure RP: Axure Axure RP is a wireframing, prototyping and specification tool used by over 10,000 user experience professionals, business analysts and product managers for designing applications and websites. It has the features designers need to quickly get the benefits of prototyping without a lot of hassle making it a great fit for many teams and organizations. |
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Documentum Platform: EMC Corporation Documentum provides enterprise content management (ECM) solutions that enable people to collaboratively create, manage, deliver and archive the content that drives business operations, from documents and discussions, to email, Web pages, records and rich media — using one common content platform and repository. |
HyperDoc: Tedopres, Inc. HyperDoc allows you to create content using different types of authoring tools, including FrameMaker, Epic, XMetal and Word. HyperDoc is integrated within any of these authoring tools in the form of a plug-in. |
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IRREVO: IRREVO, Inc. What is your content costing you? You can’t hope to improve what you don’t measure. IRREVO measures your content’s quality and its compliance to your organization’s most critical standards. IRREVO is a content quality assurance system that empowers you with solid and actionable data that you can use to improve the overall quality of your content and efficiency of your content processes. Whether it is a one-time benchmark of your knowledge base, or a part of your ongoing content process, sign up for a no-obligation 30-day trial today. |
isoTracker: Lennox Hill Ltd Hosted online Document Control and Quality Management System for ISO 9000, ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18001. Simplifies daily processes and makes the task of maintaining standards that much easier. Free 60-Day Trial available. |
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KeyTools: KeyWorks
Software KeyTools is a set of utilities for managing the WinHelp and HTML Help systems on your computer, and for optimizing those Help systems for better performance. |
Media 1: Media 1 Media 1 helps global corporations achieve strategic business goals through custom learning and performance solutions for workforce improvement, sales and marketing, and channel partners. We also serve in a consulting role to assist companies in developing the most effective learning and performance solutions with a focus on overall organizational goals. We build long-term, productive relationships with our clients and leverage our extensive expertise to provide practical learning and training solutions grounded in the best practices of instructional design. |
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Trove: Maxima Web-based documentation management software. |
TrackStudio Hierarchical issue tracking, bug tracking and documentation change tracking software. |
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TierDeveloper: AlachiSoft AlachiSoft, a California based company, is in the business of providing Software Development Productivity Tools. And, the first tool in this line is TierDeveloper, which helps developers of Enterprise Applications cut down their development time through object-to-relational mapping and code generating capabilities of TierDeveloper. TierDeveloper has been designed to become a Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment for customers who want to design and develop Enterprise systems in Microsoft Technologies. |
Vasont: Vasont Systems The Vasont content management system enables organizations to manage and store multilingual content - such as technical documentation, product manuals, and reference materials - as a single source for maximum component-level reuse and multi-channel delivery. Available for small groups, large enterprises, or multiple locations. See our CMS Starter Kit to get started in content management. |
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AceText: JGsoft AceText™ is a companion that eases and speeds up your everyday computer
activities, whether that is writing reports or documents, text editing,
programming, collecting information, conducting research, sending and
responding to email, messaging and chatting, or any or all of those. |
SCHEMA ST4: SCHEMA SCHEMA GmbH was founded in 1995 with the goal of creating intelligent, expandable solutions for modern documentation and information management. SCHEMA ST4 is a powerful client/server single-source publishing system. SCHEMA MarkupKit not only converts Word documents into HTML/XML/SGML, but it also turns the Word application itself into an editor for a given XML/SGML DTD or an HTML template. The RTF FormattingKit is an easy to use converter for high quality print publishing of your XML documentation. |
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XyEnterprise: XyEnterprise Inc XyEnterprise provides organizations of all sizes with content and document management solutions that streamline the information creation and delivery process. XyEnterprise combines its own XML content management, workflow and publishing software with integration services that allow organizations to derive and leverage the inherent value of collaborative creation, management, assembly, and multi-channel distribution of content required in today's dynamic publishing environment. |
Republico: Republicorp A powerful collaborative authoring platform for managing the development of large and structured documents for distribution over the web… includes add-on modules for contact centre scripting and management, eLearning and knowledge-bases. Republicorp uses Word for authoring for output to HTML/XML, Help and Word documents. Pre-built catalogs include Systems Requirements, Business Continuity, Contact Centre Management and more. Republicorp manages workflow, document conversion, content management and security and master override for design and formatting. |
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DITA CMS v2.6:
IXIASOFT IXIASOFT's DITA CMS is a content management solution enabling technical communicators to author, manage and publish their DITA content efficiently. |
DocZone: DocZone DocZone provides the industry's first SaaS XML content management platform, including browser-based XML authoring, content management, automated workflow, translation memory, and single-source publishing in over 70 languages. DocZone was selected by KMWorld Magazine as a “Trend-Setting Product” and named one of KMWorld's “100 Companies that Matter in Knowledge Management”. For more information, please visit www.doczone.com. |
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AnswerWorks: Vantage Linguistics Allows Help authors and web developers to add an easy-to-use natural-language interface to web sites and HTML Help (.chm) files. This natural-language interface uses sophisticated linguistic technology that allows users to seek information as easily and casually as they might seek it from a colleague. |
SmartDoc 95: Oakley Data Services A Windows Help file printer/extractor. |
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HCMac: Web Software Converts WinHelp files for use on the Macintosh and compiles Help projects for use on both Windows and the Macintosh. |
HTML Indexer: Brown Inc. The professional tool for indexing HTML files; version 4 includes integrated cross-references, framed output, multi-file output, target frames and windows, expanded undo-redo memory, and much more. |
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HTMLTidy: W3C Clean up your Web pages with HTML TIDY. Tidy is now being support as an Open Source project on tidy.sourceforge.net |
HTML Transit: Systemik Solutions
Pty Ltd Powerful tool for document conversion and publishing. HTML Transit can instantly convert and publish large volumes of content to the web site whenever documents are updated. HTML transit helps to make your website easy to maintain, up-to-date, and consistent in behavior and appearance. |
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mif2go: Omni Systems Fast, accurate conversion from FrameMaker to HTML, XML, XHTML, DITA, DocBook, Word RTF, WinHelp, HTML Help, Eclipse Help, and many more Help formats. Convert single files or entire FrameMaker books in one operation. Mif2Go works with all versions of FrameMaker since 5.5.6 (including 9), and all versions of Windows since 95 (including Vista and 7). With runfm.exe, do it all from the command line, or as part of an automated build process. Omni Systems is also the creator of OmniHelp, a free Open Source LGPL cross-platform, cross-browser tri-pane Help viewer, implemented using only HTML and JavaScript (no applet required). |
OnDemand Personal Navigator: Global Knowledge
Software OnDemand, Global Knowledge Software's flagship product, develops software simulations that are tightly integrated into enterprise applications providing users with context-sensitive training without ever requiring them to leave the application. It provides companies with rapid adoption, broad acceptance, and increased accuracy in the use of its enterprise applications. |
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Pertinence Summarizer: Pertinence
Mining Pertinence Summarizer creates a concise automatic summary or abstract of text material in the following formats : plain text, HTML, PDF, RTF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Excel. Original text can be in one of several languages (English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Korean , Arabic, plus a few more). Input can be a file on your hard disk, or a file from the Net or some text that you can cut and paste! Your text may be domain specific: chemistry, medical , financial, legal, etc. |
Screenbook Maker: JSL Corporation A free tool for quickly creating HTML Help files and online tutorials. Screenbook Maker automates the process of adding screenshots to web pages and HTML Help. |
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WordToWeb: Solutionsoft Add-in to Microsoft Word. Automates the conversion of Word documents to linked HTML pages. |
LinKit!: Affixion LinKit! is a fully automated tool that enables you to build context-senstive Help without interfering with the application itself. |
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activePDF Toolkit: XLsoft Corporation activePDF Toolkit is the Swiss Army Knife for PDF - virtually any PDF manipulation task can be automated through Toolkit's robust API. With this new version 4.0, you can merge multiple PDFs, apply watermarks, add headers & footers to PDF files and much more. Toolkit 4.0 supports Double-byte characters as well! |
CHM eBook Reader for Pocket PC: Microolap Technologies Ltd CHM eBook Reader for Pocket PC is used to view various documents such as eBooks, manuals, help files, etc. in *.chm format. The key features include opening CHM files in no longer than 2 seconds and full-text search within CHM file. |
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Rainbow PDF Server Based Converter: Antenna House, Inc. A powerful enterprise software solution to convert MS Office documents, image files or text files to PDF and SVG on a server without the need to install MS Office or Adobe Software. |
QA Distiller: Yamagata Europe Yamagata Europe's QA Distiller is the leading stand-alone translation quality assurance tool for bilingual texts. It automates the detection of formal mistakes in translated texts and translation memories. QA Distiller unites all the essential quality assurance checks in a highly configurable environment. QA Distiller lets you correct errors instantly by providing a direct link to the exact location of the error. |
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HyperSTE: Tedopres, Inc. HyperSTE is a controlled language checker that ensures compliance with corporate terminology and style guide rules by providing interactive feedback to the writer, and providing insight in the form of quality measurements reports to the editor. HyperSTE improves the quality of writing and can help you save up to 30% in translation cost. |
ReWorx:
VMtech International Using a six-step wizard, ReWorx produces powerful online document and Help systems automatically from within Word. ReWorx converts Word documents using the latest XML technology for reliable formatting and enhanced end-user functionality, including built-in table-of-contents, context sensitivity, and search. Simply create your documents in Word and then use ReWorx to republish them to the Internet, Intranet or Help. |
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AH Formatter V5: Antenna House, Inc. Newly released V5 now offers support for specifying page layouts for PDF and print using either CSS or XSL-FO. Now users can select the stylesheet strategy that best suits their web, content management and business needs. PDF 1.3 to PDF 1.7, Tagged PDF, PDF/X and PDF/A, support for both MathML and over 50 languages are all standard features of Antenna House Formatter. |
Solid Converter PDF to Word: Solid Documents Solid Converter PDF to Word includes the ability to:
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International Language Services, Inc. International Language Services is a full service translation firm, providing translation of written documents and web content to businesses since 1982. We work in more than 100 languages and can translate even your most technical documents accurately. We also provide multilingual formatting so that you can receive your translations back in the same file format as your source English, fully proof read and ready for use. |
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