ActoStudio
ActoStudio is a help authoring tool which covers all stages for user’s manual development. ActoStudio provides not only abilities for help authoring but also for source code documentation together with Modelio and project’s documentation management. Users can work in team on one set of documents for a project, schedule tasks for each other and develop video tutorials for their software. ActoStudio meets almost all the requirements for quick and easy user’s manual development.
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Main Features Project’s Documents Navigation • Visual navigation (Project Map) through manual and set of documents related to project • Connection of a document with some item in manual • Documents management Team work • Multi user mode • Task assignment to any user • Show/Change Task status General functions for Manuals development/editing • Documents creating/editing features • WYSIWYG HTML Editor • HTML Code editor with syntax highlight • High speed of CHM Compiler and MS Word Import/Export • Pages templates • Project’s variables and conditional compilation • Extended abilities for CSS editing • Broken links checking • Orphaned files checking • Updater Import/Export • Import MS Word for Office 97-2003, 2007, 2010 • Import from HHP, RoboHelp, Winhelp, CHM • Export MS Word for Office 97-2003, 2007, 2010 • Export to WebHelp • Export to CHM • Export to PDF • Export to HHP Integration with Visual Studio through Add In • Searching for dialogs where aliases to help file are not defined • Aliases generation to connect help file with dialogs in project • Launching help recompiling directly from Visual Studio • Ability to select help template and help project variables directly from Visual Studio Add In Source code documentation generation • Visual C++, C#, ASP.NET • PHP, Java, Visual Basic |
Video Tutorials with ScreenOnVideo • Advanced screenshots preparing with ScreenShot Maker • Screenshots editing with Graphics Editor which provides graphics primitives, images effects, and other necessary tools for image editing • Video movie development • Sound adding and editing • Adding shapes and pictures into future movie • Time line and objects showing basing on time line • Saving video tutorial into AVI, MPEG, SWF Presentation converting and embedding into manuals • Powerful and rapid PowerPoint to Flash converting tool which converts presentations from MS PowerPoint 2003, 2007, 2010 to Macromedia Flash (SWF) storing the most of animation effects, sounds and video. Integration with Modelio • Launch Modelio from ActoStudio • Integration of Modelio project with the one from ActoStudio • Insert UML diagrams from Modelio • Generation of source code documentation |
ActoStudio – What is it for and Who can use it?
If you are developing help-files for software, presentations, software demo or web knowledge bases, e-learning content or policies and procedures, then ActoStudio is the right tool for you to use.
Software developers as well as professionals in technical communication, technical writing, information architecture, information design, knowledge management and other related disciplines can easily document internal processes and procedures; manage information flow internally; create, publish and deliver help for developed software.
ActoStudio for teachers means authoring tool to create e-learning content that can then be used in coursework or training activities.
With ActoStudio project managers gain access to project documentation used internally and therefore they can track the development process of project documentation as well as of user documentation.
Develop with ActoStusio:
Users manuals in PDF format
Helps for applications in CHM format
Books for your courses in PDF or CHM formats
