ForeHelp 5 Feature List
VISUAL AUTHORING
ENVIRONMENT
- WYSIWYG environment
displays topics as they appear in WinHelp without
RTF codes
- Standalone authoring
environment does not require Microsoft Word
- Full-featured word
processor provides paragraph and character
styles, including bullets and numbering
- Specialty Table
Editor
- Spell checker and
Thesaurus
- Instantly create and
edit links, macros, and other WinHelp features
with no delays for parsing RTF codes
- Customizable
toolbar—choose from over 60 commands
INSTANT TESTING
- Instant, complete
simulation allows fast and frequent testing
- All help features are
functional in Test Mode (macros, multimedia,
links, CNT file, secondary windows, etc.)
- No need to compile
the help file prior to or during testing
TOPIC NAVIGATOR
- View topic list and
navigate to topics from the Topic Navigator panel
in the edit window
- Docks left or right,
sizes, and floats
- Display topic list in
any order: by table of contents, keyword, printed
manual, topic status, topic type, alphabetical,
browse sequence, build, or author-defined order
- Create custom
groupings of topics using hierarchical folders.
Group topics by help author, by function, by help
file, and more
- Tab control allows
easy switching between different views of the
topic list
- Topic Navigator is
available for selecting topics in all applicable
dialog boxes
NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES
- From within Edit Mode
and in addition to the Topic Navigator, navigate
using all menu options and shortcuts your end
users can and more:
- Back
- Next and Previous in
Browse Sequences
- Contents
- History
- Keyword Index
- Next and Previous in
Topic Navigator order
- Control+Click on
jumps, popups, macro hotspots, segmented
hypergraphics, buttons
TOPIC AND LINK CREATION
- Create new topics
with the New Topic menu, in the Contents Editor,
or by designating a new topic as a hotspot
destination
- Specify topic status:
In Construction, Complete, Needs Review, Out of
Date or create your own status categories
- Specify topic type:
Overview, Popup, Procedure, Reference, or create
your own custom types
- Set properties on
multiple topics or delete multiple topics in one
step
- Create hyperlinks by
highlighting topic text, choosing jump, popup or
macro, and selecting the destination topic
- Create multiple links
and topics simultaneously by selecting over a
list of topic names
- Select topic display
mode: current window, secondary window, or popup
- Create external jumps
to internet sites and to topics in other help
files
- Copy topic
- Generate table of
contents by clicking topics and adding their
names to a list of jumps or popups
CONTENTS EDITOR
- Create new topics as
you add entries to quickly prototype entire help
projects
- Create a contents
file with Contents, Index and Find tabs
- Use drag-and-drop
editing to add topics from topic list and
visually arrange entries into a hierarchical
structure of book and topics
- Flags broken links to
topics that have been deleted and deletes the
link on command
- Include topic and
index entries from external help files
- Displays which topics
have been assigned and which are not assigned
- Print the Contents
- Expand and collapse
the Contents for efficient editing of large help
projects
KEYWORDS/INDEX
- Use drag-and-drop
editing to assign main keywords and subkeywords
- Select from a menu of
existing project keywords or add new keywords to
any topic
- Edit keywords or
assign secondary keywords across multiple topics
in one step
- Create text
(mid-topic) keywords
- Create reports on
topics per keyword, keywords per topic, and the
master keyword list
GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA
- Insert BMP, WMF, GIF,
JPG, PNG, SHG and MRB files
- Supports 256-color
and 24-bit graphics
- Displays all graphics
in Edit and Test modes with no performance
penalty
- Includes an
integrated SHG (Segmented Hypergraphic) editor
for easy placement of hotspots on graphics
- Select transparent
colors in graphics
- Add video, sound, and
animation files to topics
GRAPHICS MANAGER
- Lists all project
graphics along with scaling, cropping,
transparency, and where-used attributes for each
graphic
- Scale, crop, select
transparent colors, and replace all instances of
a graphic in the project
- Preview any graphic
in the project
- Navigate to a
graphic’s location(s)
- Rename graphics
PASTE PALETTE
- Place frequently used
text, graphics, buttons, and hyperlinks into
Paste Palette for convenient reuse
- Add items from Paste
Palette to topics by dragging and dropping from
floating paste palette or paste from a
right-click accessible context menu
TEMPLATE GALLERY
- Create custom topic
templates for different topic types such as
Reference, What’s This Help, and Procedures
- Templates can include
text, graphics and buttons as wells as styles and
topic properties
- Import templates from
other projects
RELATED TOPICS WIZARD
- Creates a network of
Related Topics with easy-to-use wizard
- Automatically creates
keywords, macros, and buttons by clicking
options—no preassigning keywords or creating
macros is required
- Select specific
topics from the Topic Navigator or select
keywords preassigned to related topics
- Automatically
displays all topics using selected keywords
- Customize button or
hotspot look and placement
- Place See Also
buttons on multiple topics in one step
- Change related topic
groups at any time—all affected topics are
automatically updated
SEARCH/REPLACE AND
HYPERFIND
- Search for text,
special characters, formatting, styles, and
conditional content
- Hyperfind allows
searching topic text, keywords, or macro
parameters; actions include replace text, make
jump, make popup, make macro, and make topic
keyword
NAVIGATOR
- Displays a graphical
view of links into and out of highlighted topics
- Displays the type of
link: jump, popup, browse sequence, related
topic, interfile, remote web, contents, macro
links
- Flags and navigates
to broken links
- Prints any display
with customizable font
REPORTER
- Generates over 20
predefined reports on all or selected topics
- Reports on 25
different topic properties including context
strings, context numbers, browse sequences, jump
and popup destinations, related topics, status
and To-Do lists
- Lists all project
keywords and the topics associated with each
keyword
- Lists all RTF files
in the project and the topics included in each
RTF file
- Project reports
include topic count, file size, browse sequences,
and completed tasks
- Sort on any field
(including reverse order and multi-field sorts)
- Format, search,
print, and export reports
TO-DO LISTS AND PROJECT
STATUS
- Create To-Do Lists
for each topic and for the entire project
- Designate To-Do Item,
Priority, Completion Date, and Description
- Report on completed
items, not completed items or all items
- Generate reports on
all or selected topics sorted by status,
priority, or completion date
CONDITIONAL CONTENT
- Select text, graphics
or topics and indicate the conditions in which
the selection is to be displayed or included in
the final help files—HTML, WinHelp 95, or
WinHelp 3.1.
- Create your own
conditions for review comments, different
versions of the help file, and more
MACRO EDITOR
- Lists WinHelp macros
and prompts for associated parameters
- Ensures valid
parameters and syntax
- Creates named macros
and macro sets for easy reuse throughout the help
file
BROWSE SEQUENCE EDITOR
- Easily select and
arrange topics into one or multiple browse
sequences
- Automatically adds
browse buttons to button bar
- Navigate through
browse sequences in test and edit modes
WINDOW EDITOR
- Create help windows
with custom sizes, colors, buttons, and macros
- Define size and
position with drag-and-drop editing
- Preview window as it
will appear to end-users
REVIEWER’S
COMMENTS
- Create a "Review
Comments" condition to mark text which will
not be built into the compiled help file
- Search project for
review comments
PRINTED DOCUMENT
CREATION
- Create an RTF file
without WinHelp codes for importing into any word
processor or document layout program
- Select the topics and
their order in the file
- Collate popups as
footnotes or as a glossary
- Flag topics or topic
content to be output to the printed document only
- Generate a table of
contents, index, and page numbering
DOCUMENT IMPORT
- Import formatted
document files from any standard word processor
including Microsoft Word™, Word
Perfect™ and FrameMaker™
- Create topics on page
breaks or on selected styles
- Import styles from
the document or map document styles to project
styles
- Convert index entries
to keywords
HELP PROJECT IMPORT
- Seamlessly import and
export help projects to and from any help
authoring tool
- Preserves formatting,
styles, and topic ordering
- Option to map
imported styles to ForeHelp styles
CONTEXT LINKING
- Generate context
numbers automatically for each topic and export a
context map file
- Import context map
files from C, C++, Visual Basic, and Pascal
applications
ForeHelp
Premier 2001 Feature List
ForeHelp Premier includes
all of ForeFront’s help authoring tools for a
complete help development system supporting WinHelp and
HTML-based Help. All of ForeHelp Premier 2000’s
accessory tools are integrated add-ons to ForeHelp 5—no separate applications to launch, and you get
the full power of ForeHelp 5’s WYSIWYG authoring
environment and extensive reporting (see
feature list above).
FOREHELP 5™
- Standalone WYSIWYG
authoring system displays what the end-user will
see as you edit
- Industry-acclaimed
Test Mode provides an instant, exact simulation
of the help file
- Integrated Reporter
provides detailed and summary reports on all
aspects of the project
- Includes specialized
editors and wizards for creating a table of
contents, keywords, macros, Related Topics
buttons, browse sequences, and more
- Imports and exports
to Word, WordPerfect, FrameMaker, and other
standard word processors
- Imports and exports
help projects from any help authoring tools
- Includes powerful
troubleshooting features and tools that
immediately flag broken links, list detailed
warnings, and provide graphical diagrams of links
connecting topics
FOREHTML PRO™ 5
- Single source
development of Windows 98 HTML Help, Windows CE
Help, Netscape Help, JavaHelp, InterHelp
(cross-browser), HTML-based Help, web pages, and
WinHelp
- Supports the complete
feature set of HTML Help including the tri-pane
help window, information types, splash screens,
contents, tables, indexes, popups and related
topics
- Switchable between
HTML and WinHelp authoring modes. Dialog boxes
and Test Mode simulations change accordingly
- Converts WinHelp
contents files to HTML-based contents files
- Converts WinHelp
keyword indexes to HTML Help indexes and a
multlilevel keyword index for standard HTML and
Netscape Help
- WYSIWYG frame editor
creates frames and framesets for custom window
layouts
- Conditional Content
flags selected content for edit, view, and output
to "WinHelp only" or "HTML
only"
- Complete support for
HTML 3.2, JavaScript and VB Script
- Includes a script
editor for JavaScript and VB Script
- Complete support for
HTML style sheets
- HTML tag editor
provides a list of all standard HTML tags and
parameters
- Supports GIF, JPG,
BMP, WMF, SHG and MRB graphics in both WinHelp
and HTML modes
- Graphics hotspot
editor supports HTML clickable image maps and
rectangular, circular, or polygonal hotspots
- Provides integrated
access to Microsoft’s HTML Help Control
Wizard for the latest HTML Help features
- Option to export
standard web pages
- Select topics for
export to any help project
- Imports web pages
into help projects. Option to import all linked
web pages
FOREVB™
- Adds on to Visual
Basic to automate the process of creating
context-sensitive help for Visual Basic
applications
- Integration with
Visual Basic provides synchronization between the
help file and the Visual Basic
project—creates and manages all context
linking and tracks changes in the Visual Basic
and Help projects
- Automatically creates
outline help files from Visual Basic
projects—you select which control types will
have help topics created
- Identifies
disconnected topics and controls without topics
when changes are made
- Add help text as you
create controls
- Maps controls from an
external help project to controls and forms in
the Visual Basic project
- Launches ForeHelp for
advanced help authoring
ACTIVEX FOR HELP™
- Embeds ActiveX
controls and OLE objects into WinHelp and HTML
files
- Supports scripting
and provides access to control properties and
online help of ActiveX controls
- Supports in-place
activation of ActiveX and OLE objects
- Link or embed OLE
objects into help files—documents, forms,
spreadsheets, databases, graphics
- Control end-user
access to data—edit/no edit/refresh data
- Refresh latest data
automatically each time help file is accessed
INDEX EXPERT™
- Creates indexes from
scratch and completes existing indexes in a
fraction of the time it normally takes
- Helps ensure the
completeness of the index and the appropriate
assignment of keywords
- Suggests concepts
from:
- table of contents
entries
- headings throughout
the help project
- a list of all words
used in the project (sorted by frequency of use)
- Specify search
criteria based on a concept; specify a word,
words, or a phrase
- Powerful contextual
search engine identifies occurrences of the
concept throughout project
- Includes synonyms in
search (e.g. Adding, Inserting)
- Customized searches
can:
- Search for variations
of words and phrases (e.g. create, creates,
creating)
- Specify proximity for
concept words (words within the same topic,
within the same paragraph, or within the same
sentence)
- Specify word ordering
for concept words (words in any order, the given
order or exact order without intervening words)
- Choose keywords for
the topics found by:
- Multi-selecting
existing keywords
- Typing new keywords
- Choosing from the
list of keywords currently assigned to topics in
the group
- Choosing, modifying,
and/or reordering from suggested keywords
- Assigns keywords to
selected groups of topics in one step
QUICKCONTEXT™
- Provides an
easy-to-use wizard and an editor for creating and
editing What’s This and dialog-level
context-sensitive help
- Wizard reads the
application executable and prompts you to
autocreate a help file for the entire application
or individually create help topics for each
dialog box
- Wizard autocreates
help topics based on selection of control and
field types
- Displays actual
dialog boxes—click on individual controls to
create and edit help topics
-
- Displays a list of
controls for each dialog box along with detailed
properties:
- dialog box ID
- control type
- text label associated
with control
- associated topic name
- context number
- Automatically links
help topics without requiring coordination of
context numbers with the programmer
- Option to
automatically include any of the DLLs the
application uses in the help project
- Specify common
controls to map to one topic (e.g. all OK buttons
in the application map to one topic)
- Rereads application
executables and flags new, changed and deleted
controls for easy updating
- Immediate access to
ForeHelp’s powerful authoring
QUICKFIX™
- Runs concurrently
with an application to test context-sensitive
help
- For each help call,
QuickFix displays:
- help file name
- context number
- topic name
- Create
context-sensitive topics on the fly for controls
which are missing help topics
- Correct context
numbers instantly
- Easily create
What’s This and dialog-level help for
applications which do not use standard Windows
resources including Access, Excel, Visual Fox
Pro, PowerBuilder, and Delphi applications
FOREFRONT HELP
BUTTONS™
- Creates
professional-looking custom depressible buttons
with up/down/inactive positions
- Specify graphics or
custom font for button face
- Group buttons into
toolbars
- Includes over 40
pre-defined buttons and button bars for commonly
used functions
HELP BROWSER FOR
FOREHELP™
- Adds Windows 95
features to Windows 3.1 help files
- Creates a browse
window organized into a collapsible and
expandable list of books and topics
- Adds full-text search
capability for help file end users
- Allows end-users to
print multiple topics at one time
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