Doc-To-Help 2010 v3 Offers a Practical Approach to Content Management and Collaboration with Microsoft SharePoint Integration

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Doc-To-Help, the most trusted name and award-winning product in the Help authoring tool market, today announced the release of Doc-To-Help 2010 v3. Best known as the all-in-one authoring and publishing solution, Doc-To-Help is used to produce desktop, Web, or print deliverables.

Its new integration with SharePoint allows Doc-To-Help users to take advantage of SharePoint's Document Libraries and all its related content management features. Users can upload documents to a SharePoint Document Library and use Doc-To-Help as an interface to edit content, check files in/out, and ultimately publish deliverables. Alternatively, Doc-To-Help users can download existing documents from a library. Since these documents are stored in SharePoint, users can take advantage of SharePoint's management features such as version control, workflows, and even translation management.

"Content management can be a scary concept for most teams," said Dan Beall, product manager at ComponentOne. "Content management systems come with a high price tag and implementation and maintenance lead to big headaches. SharePoint is already installed in most networks and even has a free version, so these obstacles are removed. To make things more worry-free, moving from Doc-To-Help's interface to SharePoint is very intuitive, so there is no learning curve."

"Doc-To-Help works with all versions of SharePoint 2010 and 2007. Doc-To-Help customers only need to install Doc-To-Help 2010 v3 and navigate to their Document Libraries through connection wizards. There is no additional set up required," said Beall.

Translation management is also an added benefit of the integration. SharePoint has a special type of Document Library called a Translation Library. This library will automatically create copies of documents for each language and then assign translation tasks to the appropriate people. When translations are complete, you can synchronize the localized content with your Doc-To-Help project and then associate it to specific localized outputs.

Beall added, "This integration acts as a bridge that connects Doc-To-Help's powerful single sourcing technology with SharePoint's industry standard management tools. The combination of Doc-To-Help 2010 v3 and SharePoint is a practical end-to-end authoring, management, and publishing tool."

This release also includes user experience improvements such as a build progress bar and improved page break control for printed outputs.

Pricing and Availability

ComponentOne offers the full version of Doc-To-Help for $1000.00 USD per user. The company offers purchase options online at www.doctohelp.com or by telephone (800.858.2739 or 412.681.4343). Beall will be hosting onsite demos at The LavaCon Conference in San Diego, CA http://lavacon.org/ September 29, 2010 through October 2, 2010.

Doc-To-Help has been the premier authoring and publishing tool in the market since 1991. It enables technical communicators, policy writers, and other content creators to author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word, or HTML, and publish to the Web, Help systems, or printed manuals with a single click. ComponentOne is the only vendor that gives users everything needed to create documentation deliverables in one application. Its unique combination of editing, single sourcing, and publishing technology translates to significant time savings and the highest level of quality. Since Doc-To-Help is the complete documentation solution, the need for additional tools has been eliminated.

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SOURCE ComponentOne