HelpStudio緊密地結(jié)合了一個(gè)所見即所得的制作環(huán)境的功能包，根據(jù)基于HTML的布局模板和自定義的內(nèi)容組件，使創(chuàng)建的文檔保持一致，從而用最少的工作就可創(chuàng)建專業(yè)外觀的幫助系統(tǒng)。

HelpStudio內(nèi)部

HelpStudio具有直觀的用戶界面和充分的節(jié)省時(shí)間和效率的功能，旨在使幫助制作變?yōu)橐患淇斓慕?jīng)歷。創(chuàng)建目錄或詞匯表，加入索引的關(guān)鍵字，并查看鏈接，屏幕截圖，增加下拉部分或提示框內(nèi)容以及設(shè)計(jì)PDF小冊(cè)子都是完全集成的，而且只需使用簡單的幾個(gè)點(diǎn)擊或拖放就可實(shí)現(xiàn)。

查找和替換，拼寫檢查和超鏈接核查可以運(yùn)行在整個(gè)項(xiàng)目中，以確保您的幫助系統(tǒng)不會(huì)出現(xiàn)拼寫錯(cuò)誤或無效的鏈接。建立標(biāo)志（有條件的內(nèi)容）可以用來標(biāo)記內(nèi)容，文件或目錄的節(jié)點(diǎn)，以對(duì)同一項(xiàng)目創(chuàng)建多個(gè)版本的幫助系統(tǒng)（可能是'精簡'和'專業(yè)'的版本）。一個(gè)項(xiàng)目可以包含多個(gè)語言，這樣使用您的幫助系統(tǒng)面向全球讀者就變得簡單。完全支持Unicode意味著你可以處理更復(fù)雜的語言，包括日語，漢語和阿拉伯語。

 它的功能還不止這些。其它工具包括一個(gè)圖像編輯器，綜合性的畫面捕捉，一個(gè)獨(dú)特的用戶界面截圖工具，一個(gè)為Visual Basic彈出幫助設(shè)計(jì)器和幫助上下文ID映射附加項(xiàng)，綜合性任務(wù)管理，可定制的內(nèi)容助手庫（自動(dòng)化創(chuàng)造通用幫助內(nèi)容）所有這些都是你將擁有的幫助創(chuàng)建工具集。

HelpStudio為您提供一個(gè)輕松的方式以創(chuàng)建強(qiáng)大的幫助系統(tǒng)，這意味著可以通過HelpStudio使用文字處理器或HTML編輯器即可制作幫助文檔。 HelpStudio最大限度地提高您的生產(chǎn)力，同時(shí)無需任何幫助文檔編寫的技術(shù)知識(shí)。你只需專注于純粹的內(nèi)容制作，從而為每一個(gè)項(xiàng)目節(jié)省時(shí)間和金錢。

HelpStudios獨(dú)特的內(nèi)容組件能夠創(chuàng)建復(fù)雜的內(nèi)容，如：放大圖片到適當(dāng)大小，下拉和彩色示例代碼，這些都不需要HTML或 Javascript知識(shí)。現(xiàn)有的內(nèi)容組件可以被擴(kuò)展以建立一個(gè)內(nèi)容庫，您可以和您的同事分享并在多個(gè)項(xiàng)目中重新使用。

是什么讓HelpStudio不同于其他產(chǎn)品？
我們知道，您可以選擇其他產(chǎn)品，同時(shí)我們也鼓勵(lì)您試用其他的幫助制作產(chǎn)品以發(fā)現(xiàn)我們的獨(dú)特功能。這里有幾個(gè)重要的功能是我們認(rèn)為HelpStudio最能區(qū)別于其它產(chǎn)品的：

• 用戶接口：HelpStudio的用戶接口包含的高級(jí)特性，如可折疊的停靠窗口，可定制的工具欄和一個(gè)選項(xiàng)卡式MDI文檔區(qū)。選項(xiàng)卡式MDI允許你將文件區(qū)分割為選項(xiàng)卡組，以便與多個(gè)主題或其他文件窗口并排­－這是一個(gè)您可能無法在其他地方找到的功能。
• 模板的概念： HelpStudio利用基于HTML模板，自動(dòng)創(chuàng)建通用的網(wǎng)頁元素，如頁眉和頁腳。它可以為你節(jié)約大量的時(shí)間，確保您幫助系統(tǒng)的外觀和風(fēng)格，并且您不必為個(gè)別主題重復(fù)這項(xiàng)工作。
• 工程工具： HelpStudio可以驗(yàn)證鏈接，拼寫檢查和在整個(gè)項(xiàng)目中查找/替換。
• 內(nèi)容編輯： HelpStudio的內(nèi)容編輯提供了強(qiáng)大的創(chuàng)作功能，包括表編輯（行，列或單元格剪切/復(fù)制/粘貼、重設(shè)大小） ，無限制的撤消，超鏈接設(shè)計(jì)器和創(chuàng)建高亮標(biāo)志。
• 內(nèi)容組件：提供強(qiáng)大的幫助內(nèi)容，往往需要在創(chuàng)建動(dòng)態(tài)的內(nèi)容上花費(fèi)大量時(shí)間，但這樣會(huì)給用戶的文檔帶來好處。使用HelpStudio ，完全可以避免這個(gè)問題－組件允許您無需任何手工制作，也無需HTML或JavaScript知識(shí)即可創(chuàng)建動(dòng)態(tài)內(nèi)容（例如下拉，圖像放大到合適的位置，彩色示例代碼）。您需要做的僅僅是在內(nèi)容中簡單地拖放一個(gè)預(yù)先定義的組件，HelpStudio將會(huì)為你完成一切。
• 多語言制作： HelpStudio允許您添加任何數(shù)量的其他語言。只需要一次定義項(xiàng)目結(jié)構(gòu)和目錄，然后為增加的語言進(jìn)行本地化。輕松在本地化語言間切換，跟蹤任何工程項(xiàng)目的本地化的狀態(tài)，并使用HelpStudio的XML導(dǎo)入/導(dǎo)出向?qū)c第三方的翻譯一起工作。
• 動(dòng)態(tài)幫助的SDK ： HelpStudio允許您整合動(dòng)態(tài)幫助窗口（如同在Visual Studio.NET中實(shí)現(xiàn)的一樣 ）到您的應(yīng)用程序。Dynamic Help SDK包括一個(gè)綜合的動(dòng)態(tài)幫助編輯器和一個(gè)可再分發(fā)的動(dòng)態(tài)幫助組件。您還可以為整合在Visual Studio.NET的動(dòng)態(tài)幫助窗口創(chuàng)建內(nèi)容。
• 自動(dòng)化和可擴(kuò)展性： HelpStudio包括一個(gè)全面自動(dòng)化和可擴(kuò)展的API 。自動(dòng)幫助系統(tǒng)建立和擴(kuò)展HelpStudio IDE —它的可能性是無窮的。
• 團(tuán)隊(duì)工作：在一個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)工作，希望團(tuán)隊(duì)成員一起創(chuàng)建幫助系統(tǒng)？ HelpStudio已完全集成支持源代碼控制系統(tǒng)（ Visual SourceSafe，Team Foundation Server，SourceGear Vault以及其他實(shí)現(xiàn)了MSCCI接口的的源碼控制系統(tǒng)） 。不同于其他幫助制作工具， HelpStudio總體上并不要求您將整個(gè)項(xiàng)目簽入簽出，個(gè)別團(tuán)隊(duì)成員針對(duì)不同的主題可以獨(dú)立工作，甚至目錄和術(shù)語在同一項(xiàng)目中 － 同時(shí)進(jìn)行。源控制功能直接集成到HelpStudio的用戶界面。

You have worked hard to create your application; analyzing requirements, designing the user interface and feature set. HelpStudio can help you make sure that your applications help system is as impressive and effective as your application.

HelpStudio is the fastest, easiest way to create and publish help systems and integrate them with your desktop or web based applications or components, including .NET. Generate help output in cross-platform plain HTML, HTML Help, Help 2.x or printable PDF. Built in localization support means that you can take your help system to a global audience if required.

HelpStudio seamlessly combines a feature packed WYSIWYG authoring environment, HTML based layout templates and customizable Content Widgets to make it simple to create consistent, professional looking help systems with the minimum of effort. Help Authoring just got a whole lot easier.

Inside HelpStudio

The HelpStudio user interface is intuitive and full of time saving and productivity features designed to make Help Authoring an enjoyable experience. Creating the Table of Contents or Glossary, adding Index Keywords and See Also Links, capturing screenshots, adding drop down sections or tip boxes to content and designing PDF booklets are all fully integrated and simply achieved using a few clicks or drag and drop.

Find and Replace, Spell check and Hyperlink verification can be run on the entire project, ensuring that your help systems need never ship with spelling errors or broken links. Build flags (conditional content) can be used to mark content, files or table of contents nodes in order to create multiple versions of a help system (perhaps a 'Lite' and a 'Professional' version) from the same project. A single project can contain multiple languages, making it simple to take your help system to a global audience. Full unicode support means you can handle even complex languages including Japanese, Chinese and Arabic.

The features don't stop there. Additional tools include an image editor, integrated screen capture, a unique user interface screenshot markup tool, a popup help designer and help context id mapping Add-in for Visual Basic, integrated task management, a customizable content helper library (for automating the creation of common help content) all add up to the only Help Authoring toolset you will ever need.

Who can use HelpStudio?

HelpStudio provides you with an effortless way to create great help systems, which means that anyone who can use a word processor or HTML editor will be comfortable authoring help with HelpStudio. HelpStudio has been carefully designed to maximize your productivity whilst not requiring any knowledge of the technical aspects of help file compilation. You get to concentrate on pure content creation, saving time and money on every project.

HelpStudios unique Content Widgets make it possible to create complex content such as expand in place images, drop down sections and colorized example code with no knowledge of HTML or Javascript. The available Content Widgets can be extended to build a library of content that you can share with your colleagues and re-use in multiple projects.

What makes HelpStudio different from other products?

We know that you have a choice and encourage you to evaluate other help authoring products to discover for yourself the unique features that make HelpStudio an  obvious choice. There are several critical features that we believe distinguish HelpStudio most:

• User Interface: The HelpStudio user interface includes advanced features such as collapsible dock windows, customizable toolbars and a Tabbed MDI document area. The Tabbed MDI as implemented in HelpStudio allows you to split the document area into Tab Groups in order to work with multiple topics or other document windows side by side - that's a feature you may not find elsewhere.
• The Template Concept: HelpStudio leverages HTML based page templates so that common page elements such as page header and footers are automatically generated. This feature is a crucial time saver, and ensures that as you evolve the look and feel of your help systems you don't have to go back and rework individual topics.
• Project Tools: HelpStudio can verify links, check spelling and Find / Replace across an entire project.
• Content Editor: The HelpStudio content editor provides powerful authoring functionality including table editing (row, column or cell cut/copy/paste, resize), unlimited undo, hyperlink designer and build flag highlighting.
• Content Widgets: Delivering great help content often requires a trade off between the time invested in creating dynamic content and the benefits it brings to the users of the content. With HelpStudio, you no longer need to comprimise - Widgets allow you to deliver dynamic content (e.g. drop down sections, enlarge in place images, colorized example code) without requiring any manual authoring effort and with no need to have HTML or Javascript knowledge. Simply drop a pre-defined Widget in your content and HelpStudio will take care of the rest.
• Multi Language Authoring: HelpStudio allows you to work with any number of additional languages in addition to the primary language of your project. Define the project structure and Table of Contents just once and then localize for the additional languages. Easily switch between locales, track the localization status of any project item and work with 3rd party translation providers using the HelpStudio XML Import / Export Wizard.
• Dynamic Help SDK: HelpStudio allows you to integrate a Dynamic Help window (as implemented in Visual Studio.NET) into your application. The Dynamic Help SDK includes an integrated Dynamic Help editor and a redistributable Dynamic Help control. You can also create content for integration in the Visual Studio.NET dynamic help window.
• Automation and Extensibility: HelpStudio includes a comprehensive automation and extensibility API. Automate help system builds and extend the HelpStudio IDE - the possibilities are endless.
• Team working: Working in a team and want several members to contribute to or review the help system? HelpStudio has fully integrated support for Source code Control systems (Visual SourceSafe, Team Foundation Server, SourceGear Vault as well as other source control systems implementing an MSCCI interface). Unlike other Help Authoring tools, HelpStudio does not require that you check the project in and out as a whole - individual team members can independently work with different Topics, even the Table of Contents and Glossary in the same project - simultaneously. The source control functionality is integrated directly into the HelpStudio user interface.