Intuitive User Interface
HelpConsole was designed with simplicity in mind. Employees with little or no technical experience can quickly and easily create Help Systems and user manuals.
True WYSIWYG interface
What you see in edit mode is exactly what you see when the help system is published, with the exception of the design toolbar.
Drag & Drop Page Management
Quickly add pages to the table of contents. Rename pages by simply clicking and typing. Drag and drop pages to build your contents structure.
Drag & Drop Page Elements
Change the position of text, images, flash animations, tables, etc. by simply dragging and dropping them.
Cut and paste from Word
Quickly cut and paste content from other applications such as Microsoft Word, or cut and paste content from any website.
Table of Contents
Create a table of contents with an unlimited number of folders and pages.
Index & Page Keywords
HelpConsole generates an index based on keywords specified for each page.
Security
Manage usernames and passwords. Define the HelpConsole projects that employees can edit and their security level.
Customizable Skins
Use the 'skin editor' to customize the look and feel of your Help System.
Customizable Templates
Administrators can customize project templates, page templates, and the PDF Manual template.
Fully compatible with .NET 2.0
HelpConsole supports both the .NET Framework 1.1 and 2.0.
Text Search
Readers can search for pages within the Help System containing specific text.
Cascading Style Sheets
Easily apply styles to page content such as text, images, tables, etc. Select from a list of predefined styles or define your own.
Text Variables
Use text variables to insert text such as 'company name' or 'product version' that may change in the future.
HTML Variables
Use HTML variables to insert graphical elements such as your company logo that may change in the future.
Reusable content
Spellcheck
Use this feature to check the spelling of each page within your Help System.
Author Sticky Notes
Add sticky notes to pages in edit mode to remind your self to complete certain tasks later. This can also be used by a manager to provide feedback to the author.
Complex table creation
Use the Table wizard to create complex tables with any number of columns and rows. Set the background color, background image, style, border, etc.
Screenshots & Images
Use the 'Image Manager' to insert screenshots and other graphics into your Help System. Create and insert smaller thumbnails from existing images. Easily upload images to your webserver from your computer or network.
Page links, Internet links
Insert links to other pages within your Help System, or links to external pages or documents on the internet.
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Single source authoring
Generate HTML-based help systems in various formats as well as PDF manuals from one source project.
Dynamic HelpConsole
Publish a dynamic HelpConsole to your Intranet or website which can be updated from anywhere using a standard browser.
Static HelpConsole
Publish a pure HTML version of your Help System which can be distributed with your software application.
PDF Manuals
Generate a PDF manual from your HelpConsole project. Easily customize the PDF template to suit your requirements.
All browsers Supported
The Help System detects if the user is running an older browser and automatically displays a legacy version of the Help System.
Context Sensitive Help
Create links from your web application to display specific pages within the Help System, and optionally display anchors within the page.
Conditional Content
Control which pages are displayed based on the specified skin. This is useful if you have multiple versions of a product where the featureset is slightly different.
Staged Environment
When running HelpConsole on your website or Intranet, publish your Help System to a staged environment to be tested and approved before publishing to your live Intranet or website.
Section 508 Compliance
The page content in HelpConsole will be "Section 508" accessible if the author fills in fields marked with a special accessibility icon. In the case of a table, the Windows Narrator tool uses this information to produce a tooltip message for each table cell. Users with impaired vision can hear those Tooltips as they hover over the cells with the mouse.
Webpage style Help
Create a help system where the skin, table of contents and page content are merged for each page that is generated. No frames or iframes are used.
XHTML 1.1 Compliant Output
The page content created by the HelpConsole editor is XHTML compliant.
100% browser based
Install once to your company web server. Simply provide the application URL to your technical writers. Nothing is installed on the client workstation.
Access from anywhere
Allow your technical writers to create and update help systems from anywhere using a standard web browser.
Centralized Documentation
Centralize all of your company help systems and product manuals in one place.
Enterprize Rollout
Allow employees at any office location to create and maintain user documentation from a central web server.
Flash Animations & Movies
Easily add flash or media animations to your help system to demonstrate product functionality.
Specify Skin in URL
An interface skin can be specified in the URL when running a Dynamic HelpConsole.
Dynamic Image & Text Effects
Apply styles or add DHTML to HTML elements to create mouseover effects, or other dynamic effects.
Include external HTML pages
Add external pages to your help system, such as a page on your website. This external page will also be included when the PDF Manual is generated.
Embedded Topic Pages
You can create reusable content by embedding one page inside another page using an <iframe> HTML tag.
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