When you break down the authoring process in Doc-To-Help, you will discover that it can be quite simple. Following are the basic steps that you need to follow for creating and developing a project in Doc-To-Help.
- Create a Project Create a new Doc-To-Help project in Microsoft Word. See Creating Projects.
- Add Content and Features Add Word source documents based on special Doc-To-Help templates. Then add content and features, such as text, images, tables, navigation links, and more. You can also add other kinds of elements—such as glossaries, indexes, conditions—to your project. See Adding Content and Features.
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Design There are multiple ways to affect the way your output looks. This includes styles and templates (for formatting content), as well as themes and window display (for controlling the area around the content in online output—the "skin"). See Design.
- Develop Targets Decide the type(s) of output formats that you want to generate, design targets, and set properties accordingly to meet your needs. See Developing Targets.
- Build Output Select a target and generate the file(s) that you will deliver to users. See Building Output.