EC Software, located near Salzburg in Austria, is the maker of the award-winning Help & Manual help authoring and documentation package and the popular TNT screen capture application. Help & Manual is an all-in-one solution that is equally popular with individual technical writers and corporate documentation teams. Projects are stored in 100% XML and Unicode, with comprehensive support for multi-user editing and team authoring. Single-sourcing is very strong, with the ability to generate multiple variant versions and formats from a single project. With its Unicode foundation, Help & Manual can produce documentation in 106 international languages, including complex Asian languages, and it comes with integrated tools for localization and translation.

Other key features of the package include the ability to build libraries of reusable content in external XML files, active support for version control systems, the ability create and use “skins” for one-click project styling and layout, a comprehensive command line interface for automating complex
builds, a layers-capable graphics editing program designed for enhancing screenshots, a PDF layout editor, a reporting tool and an integrated screen capture tool.

Originally released in 1997, Help & Manual’s unique combination of ease of use, professional help authoring power, international language and localization support and almost unlimited flexible customization options have made it very popular with corporate documentation departments software developers and professional help authors everywhere. It is now one of the best selling documentation tools worldwide and gaining increasing traction in the corporate world. Users also praise the company’s responsive support and excellent user forum.

Sponsors like EC Software help to keep TECHWR-L going, and we greatly appreciate them! Please support them in any way that you can.

Find more information at http://www.helpandmanual.com/ or
http://www.ec-software.com/

TEDInfo provides "Technical Documentation" to our clients such as quick start guides, online documents, online help, hard copy and other written instructional information. We offer generic term of documentation with regard to a product. Our technical writer understand what you need and create documentation that will communicates your clients.

Tedinfo techincal writers can create help documentation, user manuals, presentations, web texts, and technical course manuals. We create texts that will be very clear, accurate, helpful, and—most importantly—easy to read

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As part of my testing of Help & Manual, I wanted to see how well the variables work. I have learned that while the use of variables is a very powerful and useful tool, there is one instance where there could be difficulties. Most people will not face this issue. However, if you need formatted variables, in particular, Small Caps, please read on.

EC Software, located near Salzburg in Austria, is the maker of the award-winning Help & Manual help authoring package and the popular TNT screen capture application. Storing its projects in 100% pure XML and Unicode, Help & Manual is a single-source help authoring tool that supports multi-user editing and can handle projects in 106 international languages, including complex Asian languages, with integrated tools for localization and translation. A layers-capable graphics editing program, a PDF layout editor, a reporting tool and an integrated screen capture utility are all included in the package. The upcoming version 5.1 will add active support for version control systems.

Originally released in 1997, Help & Manual’s unique combination of ease of use, professional help authoring power and international language support have made it very popular with software developers and professional help authors everywhere. Now with added team authoring capabilities, dynamic reusable content libraries and professional “skins” for one-click layouts, Help & Manual is one of the best selling documentation tools worldwide and the choice of many major corporate documentation departments. Users also praise the company’s outstanding and responsive support and user forum.

Sponsors like EC Software help to keep TECHWR-L going, and we greatly appreciate them! Please support them in any way that you can.

Find more information at http://www.helpandmanual.com/ or http://www.ec-software.com/

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help, a renewing Gold-level TECHWR-L Sponsor, is a premier authoring and publishing tool in the market and sets the standard as the industry leader. For the past seventeen years, Doc-To-Help has been built upon solid code, innovation, and rigid quality assurance testing making it what it is today.

MadCap Flare is the new online and print authoring and publishing tool. Working from a topic-based paradigm, Flare allows you to develop content in XML and publish to multiple outputs, such as online help and PDF. This one hour online preview shows you what Flare is, what it does, and why you need it. Go to

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MadCap Flare is the new online and print authoring and publishing tool. Working from a topic-based paradigm, Flare allows you to develop content in XML and publish to multiple outputs, such as online help and PDF. This one hour online preview shows you what Flare is, what it does, and why you need it. Go to http://www.madcapsoftware.com/training/livedemos.aspx to sign up.

MadCap Flare is the new online and print authoring and publishing tool. Working from a topic-based paradigm, Flare allows you to develop content in XML and publish to multiple outputs, such as online help and PDF. This one hour online preview shows you what Flare is, what it does, and why you need it. Go to

http://www.madcapsoftware.com/training/livedemos.aspx to sign up.