Help Authoring Tools

DocArchitector Pro 2.0 – your professional Help Authoring Tool

Posted by: softarex on: December 23, 2008

DocArchitector 2.0 is released. New features and improvements.

Softarex is glad to announce the release of the New version of DocArchitector! Here you can learn more about the great new features of DocArchitector Pro 2.0. 

  • MS Word documentation format support

Now in version 2.0 of our Help Authoring Tool it is possible to import/export for Office 97-2003 (*.doc) and 2007 (*.docx) files. That means you can create your help files in Microsoft Word format as well as import DOC files into your projects. Flexible import/export options will allow you making any word document to fit you DocArchitector projects.

 

Office 97-2003 (*.doc) and 2007 (*.docx) documents are supported for your professional looking print-ready manuals!

Support of other formats (WinHelp, PDF, RTF, Web-based help) will come in future releases of our Help Authoring Tool

 

  • Single source – multiple output features

Together with previously available support of help files in CHM format and newly released support of Doc format, DocArchitector 2.0 now provides single source – multiple output features. Single sourcing allows users to create documents in various technical formats from the same content. So writing your help files with DocArchitector 2.0 you can use the same content (e.g. the same set of source files) and generate the output documentation in CHM and DOC formats.

Use the same project as the source for multiple kinds of your manuals and help files!

 

  • Regular functionality improvements

Improved usability of embedded HTML editor will make your work with DocArchitector faster and even more pleasant!

 

Browser Preview tab now has navigation panel which provides comfortable navigation through your source files.

 

Also many minor issues, related to program operation, are now improved.

                       

  • Even better GUI

User interface is improved to reflect all changes in DA functionality.

 

  • Improved ScreenOnVideo and Graphics Editor

Taking into account users’ feedbacks we have improved functionality of GraphicsEditor and ScreenOnVideo to make them more comfortable to use.

 

  • Enhanced Unicode Support

All new pages are now created in unicode charset and user has a possibility
to convert imported non-unicode pages to unicode.

 

Fully functional 30 days trial version will also be available for download from Softarex website. Trial version of our authoring tool will have following limitations: trial text in pages’ headers, maximum 25 files can be compiled into output authorings.

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