You can download Helpinator 2.0 BETA here: http://www.helpinator.com/downloads/helpinatorfreebeta.zip
1. Multiple languages in one project file.
2. Conditional compilation and variable presets.
3. Template builder.
4. Import/Export RTF and HTML.
5. Library images inside topics in their natural form (not only as placeholders).
6. Simple image editor with shapes to annotate screenshots and create diagrams.
7. Tasks.
1. Multiple languages in one project file. It’s a hard job to maintain documentation for a multilingual application. If you have separate projects you need to keep structure and context id’s synchronized. Helpinator stores multiple languages in the same project file, project structure and topic context id’s remain the same across all project languages. One language is basic, you can add as many languages as you like at any time
2. Conditional compilation. It’s a common issue when the same product has different editions with different set of features. But most of the features overlap. Of course you can have separate project for each edition but as with multiple languages you need to keep them synchronized though making double work maintaining same features. Helpinator has conditional compilation feature to solve this issue. First, Helpinator has project variables. Second, Helpinator has conditional directives that can evaluate variable values and skip parts of topic text when condition is false. You can even control entire topic inclusion/exclusion based on condition. You can group variables into named “presets”. Each preset has it’s own variable values. You can select preset before compilation to control compilator behavior through directives.
3. “Template builder “ feature allows you to create your own HTML template without any HTML/CSS knowledge.
4. Import/Export RTF and HTML. First of all, you can import existing RTF and HTML documents into Helpinator project. Second you can export topics, snippets and keywords with some additional structure info. This feature allows you to translate your documentation into foreign languages easily. Translated project can be imported back to selected language and project structure will remain the same.
5. Now library images can be shown inside topics in full-size with a small header at the top depicting image name.
6. Simple image editor with shapes for annotating screenshots and creating simple diagrams. Image editor allows you to add different shapes, text and arrows to your screenshots. Also sometimes it is worth to create a small flow chart to show users what they need to do. Just add empty blank image and use shaped to create diagram.
7. Tasks. You can assign simple to-do items to topics and entire project. When you edit a topic, list of all tasks assigned to it is shown at the bottom of the editor. When you select “Tasks” node in the project tree view – all tasks in the project are shown. You can select tasks and move to the topic it is assigned to.