MadCap Doc-To-Help 4

Dynamic Add-In Modes

• Doc-To-Help has a Word COM Add-in named "Doc-To-Help for Word".
• The Add-in supports Word 2010 and higher versions.
• The Add-in is installed by Doc-To-Help setup and removed by Doc-To-Help uninstaller automatically.
• The Add-in works in three modes for each opened document:
• No features mode.
  • For templates, new (unsaved) documents and documents which format is not supported.
  • Supported formats: *.doc, *.docx, *.docm, *.rtf.
• Basic mode. Provides commands that are not related to Doc-To-Help projects.
  • For documents that are not included into any Doc-To-Help project or when the Add-in was not able to find a proper project.
• Full mode. Provides all available Add-in features.
  • For documents that are included into a Doc-To-Help project.
  • If an opened document is added to a project it automatically switches to the full mode.
  • If an opened document is removed from a project it automatically switches to the basic mode.
  • The Add-in uses the Doc-To-Help WCF service to communicate with Doc-To-Help application, so if the service is stopped or not installed, the Add-in will not switch to the full mode.

New Panels

• Doc-To-Help Build Panel
  • Allows you to build, rebuild, view, and cancel builds directly from Word.
  • A progress bar and percentage indicator in the bottom right corner of the panel will display build progress.
  • Errors and Unresolved Links tab displays detailed information so that you can troubleshoot issues found during the build.
• Doc-To-Help Progress Panel
  • Displays only build status messages and build progress percentages.
  • Progress Panel will display if the Build Panel is closed or was never opened.
• Doc-To-Help Project Panel
  • An additional panel in Word that automatically appears for documents in the Add-in full mode(documents associated with a Doc-To-Help project).
  • Allows you to access some of Doc-To-Help's most frequently used functions without having to leave Word.
  • Includes four window panes: Documents, Contents, Index and Groups, and Variables.
  • Documents window pane can be used to view and open all of the source documents that are part of the current Doc-To-Help project.
  • Contents window pane can be used to view the table of contents (TOC) for the current project.
  • Index and Groups window pane Can be used to view all of the available index keywords and groups in the project.
  • Variables window pane can be used to view the rich content variables and text variables available in your project.

Template Enhancements

• Macro-Free Templates
  • Macro-enabled DOTM template files were replaced with macro-free templates DOTX.
  • Access to Doc-To-Help styles and variables still available when editing templates, unnecessary functionality has been removed.
  • Current target and source templates will be upgraded upon opening existing projects in Doc-To-Help 4.
• Policies & Procedures Templates
  • Two Policies & Procedures templates added to the Doc-To-Help template library.
  • These templates incorporate Revision History, Numbered Headings, and Policy and Procedure Sample Sections
• Source Template Updates
  • New documents are created with the text defined in the project source template.
  • To prevent duplicate text in the built output, cover images, TOCs, index, and glossary placeholders have been removed from templates.
  • Preinstalled templates can now be edited to create custom templates making it easy to create documents with the same basic structure.

Changes in the Doc-To-Help Application

• Options:
  • There is a new setting in the Doc-To-Help Options dialog: General > Prompts > "Display Progress Panel an all open Word documents during build"
  • This setting is checked by default. If this is checked and a user starts building a target, any open Word documents that do not have the Build Panel open will display the Progress Panel. This panel contains only the current build status message and percentage.
  • If the Build Panel is already open, this setting doesn't have any effect, because the Progress Panel is embedded into the Build Panel.
• New Document:
  • New documents are now created with the text defined in the project source template.
  • If the source template text is empty, the default text "Chapter 1, Topic 1, Type your text here" will be inserted into the new document.
• Numbered Styles Included:
  • New heading levels (Heading 1 Numbered - Heading 5 Numbered) have been added to the Project Styles dialog.
  • These styles are available in all new Word templates.