ComponentOne Doc-to-Help

[Dan Beall]

Hello,

> Doe anyone here use Doc-to-Help Enterprise?  This is my first Help
> Authoring system, and I chose it because I could never get Flare to
work
> properly, RoboHelp's future was vague, and ComponentOne-well, it
worked,
> and did what I needed to do.  That said, Doc-to-Help has a pretty
steep
> learning curve, especially for someone who has never used Help
Authoring
> software.  Has anyone else here used it?  I'd like to get some
feedback
> from those who have used it.

I am chiming in because I am the Product Manager for Doc-To-Help and I
want to point you (and anybody else who may be interested) to some
resources.

All these are available for free:

One hour starter training session:
Visit our site, www.doctohelp.com, and follow the links. 

Tutorials and Getting Started Guide:
Look in the start menu. You will see some resources there. 

How-to articles:
Our support site, helpcentral.componentone.com, has some helpful
articles. Just click on the "articles" link. Be warned that there is
information for our development tools there as well. 

Forums:
There are two forums you will find useful. We have a forum on the
HelpCentral site (you can find it under "Community"). Paul Neshamkin
also moderates a Yahoo user group, D2Husers. 

Online Support:
You are also entitled to free online support. 

We also sell full training (www.doctohelp.com/training). 

All that said, new Doc-To-Help users do sometimes experience a learning
curve because it is different than most HATs. Once you get started, you
will find that it is not a difficult tool to use. 

If you have any more questions, feel free to ask here or off-list,
Dan Beall
Product Manager, Doc-To-Help
danb at doctohelp.com