Doc-To-Help Overview

All-in-one Authoring and Publishing Solution

Use Doc-To-Help’s XML-based editor, Microsoft® Word, or HTML and produce desktop, Web, or print deliverables. All you need to do is write (or import) and Doc-To-Help does the rest.

Why People Choose Doc-To-Help

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One Application is All You Need to Do Your Job

You only need one application to serve all your documentation and information needs. That is only one application to purchase and only one application to learn. With Doc-To-Help, you can write (or import), edit, and publish to multiple types of commercial quality desktop, print, and Web output right out of the box.

Benefit Every Department

Use Doc-To-Help to improve communication in many parts of your organization...

Technical Communicators	Help and Manuals
Policy Writers/Operations/HR	Sharing policy information, online handbooks and reports Regulatory compliance
Trainers	Online and print training materials
Support Professionals	Mini-sites with support information Knowledgebases

Choose Your Authoring Environment

Since Doc-To-Help doesn't require you to use its editing environment, you and your team can work where you’re most comfortable. Work in Doc-To-Help's built-in editor or directly in Microsoft Word, FrontPage, or Adobe Dreamweaver. You don't have to convert from Word or HTML, you can actually work in those environments. This is true choice of editing environment.
Rather Work in Microsoft Word? No problem.

Create and store your content entirely in Word. We still have the industry leading Word support that first made Doc-To-Help famous in 1991. An integrated toolbar helps you configure your project without the need to convert your docs to a proprietary format. If you can use Word, you can use Doc-To-Help.
Import What You Have
Reuse past work by importing the materials you already have. Step-by-step wizards help you import existing materials and create new Doc-To-Help projects. Start with anything in these formats:
RoboHelp Word

RoboHelp HTML

HTML Help

WinHelp

Word Documents

HTML Files
Publish Content Anywhere Your Audience Needs It
You can publish industry standard desktop formats, print-ready manuals, and self-contained searchable websites. Just write or import content and Doc-To-Help will produce the deliverables your audience needs.
NetHelp

HTML Help

Printed Manuals

Help 2.0

JavaHelp

WinHelp
Save Time with Single-Source Publishing

Write one set of content and publish as many versions and formats as you need. With Doc-To-Help, there is no need to reformat or rewrite content for different audiences. Rest easy, your source content is kept in its original format for editing and reuse.
Automation Makes Publishing Easy

Focus on writing and let Doc-To-Help do the rest. It analyzes your content and automatically adds a Table of Contents, index, cover pages, search, and more. While other tools give you similar automation, they require you to spend time configuring them, often for each output.
Give Your Content the “Wow” Factor
Impressive, easy-to-read content will lead to a happier, more successful audience. Doc-To-Help gives you the tools to create quality materials without knowledge of design or development. Here are just some of the things that are a button click away:
Graphics and videos

Collapsing sections

Pop-up, expanding, and drop-down text

Theme editor

Image maps

Breadcrumbs for navigation

Custom buttons

Transform Existing Word Docs to Websites

You can convert an existing Word document to self-contained/searchable Web content with a single click. There is no need to reformat or manually configure any content, just import and build. Other tools require configuration, conversion, and setup. Doc-To-Help’s flexible nature makes it great for sharing existing procedures, regulations, user manuals, and training content.

See the before and after by clicking the thumbnail.

Industry Leadership Since 1991

Introduced in 1991, Doc-To-Help was the first technology that could transform a Word document to a searchable desktop system. It has since evolved to support more authoring environments and more publishing options.

Doc-To-Help has always benefited from a close relationship with Microsoft and the user community. You will always enjoy support of Microsoft’s latest technologies from their standard Help platform to .NET developer technologies such as Help 2.0/3.0, Sandcastle, and .NET/XML transforms.

Doc-To-Help will also always serve the community’s needs by addressing the latest emerging technologies, techniques, and trends.

See For Yourself

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Doc-To-Help's XML-based Editor	Author in Microsoft Word	Author in Popular HTML Editors

Efficient Project Management	Website and Help Outputs	Print-ready Manuals (.pdf, .doc, or .docx)