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.

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

Technology

• online help