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HelpSmith - 文档制作软件

HelpSmith 帮助创作工具,用于创建CHM帮助文件、Web 帮助、PDF 手册或 ePub 电子书。

 

如果您正在寻找帮助创作工具来创建CHM 帮助文件、在线 Web 帮助系统或PDF 手册,您可以考虑 HelpSmith,它提供了功能集,从文字处理器编写帮助主题到内置在屏幕截图工具中,可以自动为对话框窗口创建帮助。

 

HelpSmith 的功能包括从单一来源生成多种帮助格式的可能性,包括HTML 帮助、Web 帮助、可打印手册、PDF、ePub 电子书和 MS Word 文档、具有动态样式的文字处理器和用于编写帮助的拼写检查器主题、目录和索引工具、用于管理图像和视频文件的单个项目级存储库、用户可编辑变量和自定义可能性,包括主题模板的现成设计主题和 Web 帮助系统布局。

 

使用 HelpSmith,您可以通过手动键入内容来创建帮助文件,还可以通过导入现有文档(包括 MS Word 文件、HTML 文件、编译的 CHM 帮助文件和 MS HTML Help Workshop 项目 (.HHP))来创建帮助文件。

 

此外,您还可以使用功能图像工具来自动截取屏幕截图并为捕获的窗口创建文档。

 

对于经验丰富的技术作家,HelpSmith 为条件编译提供了灵活的可能性,允许您为多个用户受众生成同一帮助文件的不同版本。

 

需要指出的是,帮助文件或 Web 帮助系统可以很简单地与您的应用程序或网站集成,因此您可以通过将主题列表导出到与您的 IDE(例如 C#、VB)兼容的头文件来提供上下文相关的帮助.NET、Delphi、C++、MS Office VBA。

 

 

HelpSmith - 功能

您将在下面找到帮助您成功完成文档项目的 HelpSmith 功能的描述。此外,您可以下载 HelpSmith 并通过编辑和编译示例帮助项目来测试产品,以查看它是否符合您的要求。

 

从单一来源创建 CHM 帮助、Web 帮助、手册、PDF、ePub 电子书和 Word 文档使用 HelpSmith,您可以从单一来源的帮助项目创建 CHM 帮助文件、与台式计算机和移动设备兼容的响应式 Web 帮助系统、印刷手册、PDF 文档、ePub 电子书和 Microsoft Word 文档。

 

 

带有拼写检查器的内置文字处理器

您可以使用内置文字处理器编写主题内容,该处理器包括拼写检查器以及可用于多种语言的词典。

 

编写内容时,您可以使用图像、视频、表格、水平线、超链接(链接到同一帮助系统中的主题,或指向网站或电子邮件地址的外部超链接)、变量、书签和其他对象。

 

 

格式化属性的动态样式

基于动态样式,文字处理器允许您重用字体和对齐属性,这反过来意味着您可以轻松设置样式和更改格式,而无需手动编辑大量文本。

 

此外,您可以使用样式设置不同的格式属性,以用于不同的输出帮助格式(例如,在 CHM 帮助文件和 PDF 文档中)。

 

 

从现有帮助文件和文档中导入内容

HelpSmith 允许您从 Microsoft Word 文档、RTF 文档、HTML 文件、编译的 CHM 文件、文本文件以及 MS HTML Help Workshop (HHP) 项目等多种格式导入现有的帮助文件和文档。

 

 

内置截图工具

HelpSmith 提供了一个内置的图像工具,您可以使用它来捕获整个屏幕、单个窗口或窗口中的选定区域的屏幕截图,而无需使用外部图像编辑器。

 

此外,图像工具允许您添加各种注释(如矩形、椭圆、气球、箭头、线条或文本标签)、可点击的热点,还可以控制 UI 元素的注释到文档中的图像。

 

因此,HelpSmith 中可用的图像工具使您能够以有效的方式创建全面的文档!

 

 

为用户界面自动创建帮助

使用内置的图像工具,您可以为可以直接导出到主题中的用户界面元素(例如按钮、输入框等)添加控件注释。这使您可以轻松地生成主题,您可以在其中为屏幕截图上显示的每个控件或单个注释下的一组控件提供详细描述。

 

因此,HelpSmith 的图像工具使您几乎可以自动为应用程序的用户界面生成文档!

 

 

条件编译和构建标签

您可以使用构建标签来定义合适应将帮助主题或帮助主题中的部分内容包含(或排除)到编译中。这使您可以使用相同的源帮助项目为不同的用户受众创建不同版本的帮助文档。

 

 

语法高亮

 

Syntax Highlighter 功能允许您使用 HelpSmith 生成 API 文档、程序规范、带有代码示例的帮助文件,以及包含以各种编程语言编写的程序代码的其他类型的文档。

 

 

用户可编辑变量

变量允许您将产品名称、版本或当前日期等值插入帮助项目的位置,包括帮助主题的内容,或在文本参数中,例如在帮助文件设置中。因此,您可以随时更新变量的值,而无需修改大量主题。

 

主题模板

使用主题模板,您可以为帮助主题创建一个好看的设计,并且可以随时更新或替换。HelpSmith 允许您从头开始创建新模板,或者使用可以直接在内置文字处理器中编辑的现有模板之一。

 

应该指出的是,您可以为不同的输出帮助格式使用不同的模板(例如,用于电子文档和印刷手册)。

 

自定义 HTML、CSS 和 JavaScript 代码

HelpSmith 允许您使用自定义 HTML 代码、JavaScript、CSS 样式,并编辑帮助主题中页面元素的 HTML 属性。

 

这意味着您可以编写自己的脚本、使用现有的 JavaScript 库(例如 jQuery/jQuery UI)或 HTML 文档中的其他流行框架。

 

此外,您可以使用 CSS 样式表来应用 Web 浏览器支持的特殊格式。

 

 

用于项目翻译和团队合作的智能项目合并

Project Merge 工具允许您从外部 HelpSmith 项目导入新内容和更新现有内容。

 

这使您可以使用此功能由技术作家团队处理帮助项目,将帮助项目翻译成其他语言,或用于创建可在不同帮助项目之间交换的常见主题库。

 

 

可定制的 Web 帮助布局和即用型设计主题

HelpSmith 允许您轻松自定义 Web 帮助系统的布局,使其适合您产品网站的通用设计。

 

您可以使用现有的设计主题之一,也可以编辑整个布局的各个元素的样式设置,例如字体、背景、颜色等。

 

同样,您可以自定义 Web 帮助 UI 中使用的文本标签,例如,将它们翻译成您的帮助系统所用的语言。

 

 

图像和视频的单一媒体存储库

HelpSmith 允许您通过单个媒体存储库工具管理您在帮助项目中使用的图像和视频,该工具具有很多好处,例如:

 

自动保存链接的媒体文件和帮助项目文件;

轻松将整个帮助项目移动或复制到新位置;

可以更新可在帮助项目的多个位置使用的图像(例如,屏幕截图)。

 

 

帮助文件集成和上下文相关帮助

您可以轻松地将帮助文件或 Web 帮助系统与您的应用程序或网站集成。内置工具还允许您生成一个头文件,您可以在用 C#、VB.NET、Delphi、C++ 或 VBA 编写的应用程序中使用该头文件。

 

因此,您可以集成您的帮助系统并提供上下文相关的帮助,因此用户将能够立即从您的应用程序的特定位置(例如,在对话窗口中)获得帮助。

 

 

平台

Windows  11/10/8/7

系统要求 1 GHz 处理器,512MB RAM,150MB 可用磁盘空间

 

 

【英文介绍】

 

 

HelpSmith completely help authoring tool to create CHM HTML Help files, Web Help systems, Printed Manuals, Adobe PDF documents, Microsoft Word documents, and ePub eBooks from a single source.

 

Key Features and Benefits

Below you will find a description of HelpSmith's key features that will help you to complete your documentation project successfully. Also, you can download HelpSmith and test the product by editing and compiling sample help projects to see if it fully suits to your requirements.

 

Create CHM Help, Web Help, Manuals, PDF, ePub eBooks, and Word Documents from a Single Source

Using HelpSmith, you can create a CHM help file, a fully responsive Web Help system compatible with desktop computers and mobile devices, Printed Manual, PDF document, ePub eBook, and Microsoft Word document from a single source help project.

 

Built-in Word Processor with a Spell Checker

You can write topic content using a built-in word processor that includes a spell checker with dictionaries available for many languages.

 

When writing content, you can use images, videos, tables, horizontal lines, hyperlinks (linking to topics within the same help system, or external hyperlinks to a website or email address), variables, bookmarks, and other objects.

 

Dynamic Styles for Formatting Attributes

Based on dynamic styles, the word processor allows you to reuse font and alignment attributes, which, in turns, means that you can setup a style and change formatting easily without having to edit large amount of text manually.

 

Also, you can use styles to setup different formatting attributes for use in different output help formats (for example, in a CHM help file and in a PDF document).

 

Import Content from Existing Help Files and Documents

HelpSmith allows you to import existing help files and document from multiple formats such as Microsoft Word documents, RTF documents, HTML files, compiled CHM files, text files, and also from MS HTML Help Workshop (HHP) projects.

 

Built-in Screenshot Tool

HelpSmith provides a built-in Image Tool that you can use to capture screenshots of the entire screen, individual windows, or a selective area in a window without the need to use an external image editor.

 

Additionally, the Image Tool allows you to add various annotations (such as rectangles, ellipses, balloons, arrows, lines, or text labels), clickable hotspots, and also control annotations for UI elements to any image in your documentation.

 

Thus, the Image Tool available in HelpSmith enables you to create comprehensive documentation in the most efficient way!

 

Automatic Help Creation for the User Interface

With the built-in Image Tool, you can add control annotations for user interface elements (such as buttons, input boxes, etc.) that can be exported directly into a topic. This allows you to easily generate the topic in which you can provide a detailed description for each control shown on a screenshot, or for a group of controls under a single annotation.

 

Thus, the HelpSmith’s Image Tool makes it possible for you to generate documentation for the user interface of your application almost automatically!

 

Conditional Compilation and Build Tags

You can use Build Tags to define when a specific help topic or part of content in a help topic should be included (or excluded) to the compilation. This enables you to create different versions of a help file for different audiences of users by using the same source help project.

 

Syntax Highlighter

The Syntax Highlighter feature allows you to use HelpSmith to produce API documentation, program specifications, help files with code examples, and any other kinds of documentation containing program code written in various programming languages.

 

User-Editable Variables

Variables allow you to insert values such as product name, version, or current date into any place of your help project including the content of help topics, or in textual parameters, for example, in help file settings. Thus, you can update the value of a variable at any time without the necessity to revise large amount of topics.

 

Topic Templates

Using topic templates, you can create a good-looking design for the help topics, which can be updated or replaced at any time. HelpSmith allows you to create a new template from scratch, or to use one of the existing templates that can be editing directly in the built-in word processor.

 

It should be pointed out that you can use different templates for different output help formats (for example, for electronic documentation and for a printed manual).

 

 

Custom HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Code

HelpSmith allows you to use custom HTML code, JavaScript, CSS styles, and to edit HTML attributes of any page element in a help topic.

 

This means that you can write your own scripts, use an existing JavaScript library such as jQuery/jQuery UI, or any other popular framework in your HTML documentation.

 

In addition, you can use a CSS stylesheet to apply any special formatting supported by web browsers.

 

Smart Project Merge for Project Translation and Team Work

The Project Merge tool allows you import new content and update existing content from an external HelpSmith project.

 

This enables you to use this feature for working on a help project by a team of technical writers, for translating a help project into other languages, or simply for creating libraries of common topics that can be exchanged between different help projects.

 

Customizable Web Help Layout and Ready-to-Use Design Themes

HelpSmith allows you to easily customize the layout of your Web Help system, so it can fit to the common design of your product's website.

 

You can use either one of the existing design themes, or to edit style settings of individual elements of the entire layout such as fonts, backgrounds, colors, and so on.

 

Similarly, you can customize the text labels used in the Web Help UI, for example, to translate them into the language your help system is written in.

 

Single Media Repository for Images and Videos

HelpSmith allows you to manage all images and videos that you use in your help project from a single media repository tool, which has a number of benefits such as:

 

  • Saving the linked media files along with the help project file automatically;

  • Easy moving or copying the entire help project to a new location;

  • The possibility to update an image (for example, a screenshot) that can be used in multiple places of the help project.

 

Help File Integration and Context-Sensitive Help

You can easily integrate a help file or Web Help system with your application or website. The built-in tool also allows you to generate a header file that you can use in your application written in C#, VB.NET, Delphi, C++, or VBA.

 

Thus, you can integrate your help system and provide context-sensitive help, so the end-user will be able to get assistance from a specific place of your application (for example, in a dialog window) immediately.

 

Modern User Interface and Slight Learning Curve

Despite the rich set of features, HelpSmith provides an easy-to-use Ribbon user interface and slight learning curve, so you do not have to spend much time to start creating help files with it.

 

Also, the product comes with several sample help projects that you can edit and compile into different help formats.

 

Finally, you can use this step-by-step instruction to create your first help file or printable manual.

 


 

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