Help Authoring Suite 2012 Features
· Single Word document or other source input, multiple CHM and Web help outputs.
· New CHM Modern option supports Unicode and multilingual documents.
· Full-text multilingual document search in Web and CHM Modern helps.
· Very friendly easy-to-use GUI and extremely fast execution times.
· Simple re-usability via projects and flexible project templates.
· Command line mode for batch process and build server applications.
· Full control via settings, built-in add-ins, and your own customized add-ins.
Product Comparison
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Help Authoring Suite |
WebHelp Authoring Suite |
ChmHelp Authoring Suite |
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Help systems |
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Creates Web Help Help system on web, local driver, CD
or other media with multilingual full-text search.? Supports all major web browsers. |
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Creates Web Site Create a web site easily from a Word
document. |
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Creates CHM Classic Help E-book or local CHM help. |
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Creates CHM Modern Help The next generation CHM help with
Unicode support and multilingual full-text search. |
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Formats, styles and navigation |
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Keeps formats and styles of the Word document |
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Creates cover/welcome page Creates a cover page according to the
contents prior to the first heading automatically. |
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Create page navigator Displays navigation icons and
breadcrumbs in the HTML page header. |
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Create related topics Creates hyperlinks to the related
topics at the end of page. |
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Convert cross-references into hyperlinks Converts cross-references in Word
documents into hyperlinks. |
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Outline and topic tree |
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Create topic tree Creates topic tree according to the
outline of Word documents. |
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Set the max level of the topic tree Controls the maximize level of the
topic tree. |
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Merge topic at a specified outline level Merges contents of sub-topics at the
specified outline level. |
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Master/sub-documents supports Converts multiple Word documents into
one single web help system. |
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Advanced |
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Creates index |
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Full-text search engine |
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Multilingual search engine1 Search multilingual keywords at the
same time.? Supports all major
languages. |
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CHM Help API |
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Macrobject Help API The universal Help API for both
WebHelp and ChmHelp. |
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Template based and customizable Creates different appearance of web
help systems by different templates.? Users
can create custom template based on the visual identity of their
organizations. |
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Customizable addins Supports add-ins that greatly
increase processing ability.? Users can
create add-ins themselves. |
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1 - The feature is not available in CHM Classic.