Feature comparison matrix

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General Features	Help & Manual
	Professional /	Standard

WYSIWYG design interface Help & Manual has integrated WYSIWYG editors for topics, table of contents and keyword index
Unicode support Full Unicode support, meaning you can create help files in up to 106 languages, including Asian languages.
XML and Localization support Help & Manual 4 Professional has dedicated support for localization. XML export and re-import supports in-house translation as well as external translation tools such as Trados. See XML Support for details on the XML roundtrip function.
RoboHelp® Import Help & Manual can directly import RoboHelp® X5 project files.
Template Support Use and modify HTML templates for topics pages, layout templates for PDF and print, skins for e-books and browser-based help.
Single source Help & Manual creates all output formats (see below) from one single source without post-processing.
Conditional Output Include/exclude conditions are supported for chapter, topic and text level. You can customize the export with an unlimited number of user defined builds.
Text Variables In addition to include/exclude options on text level, use predefined text variables or create your own.
Dynamic cascading styles Use text and paragraph styles to format the content. All styles support different media types for design, online help and printed outputs.
Toggles (dynamic HTML) Toggles are expanding and collapsing text implemented by dynamic HTML. Help & Manual 4 Professional has supports text and image toggles for easy structuring of procedure topics.
Integrated hotspot editor Help & Manual has a built-in hotspot editor for graphics with dedicated support for topic links, external links, file links and macros.
Comments and bookmarks Add design time comments anywhere in topics and bookmark topics for later review. Topics also support a topic status, to highlight, filter or sort topics.
Modular help Split your help project into modules for multi-user access. Modules can be merged at runtime or during compilation.

Output Formats		Help & Manual 4
		Professional /	Standard

	HTML Help 1.x Compiled HTML Help (.chm)
	Winhelp Compiled Standard Winhelp (.hlp)
	Microsoft Help 2.0 Visual Studio help (.hxs)
	XML Exports an entire help project or selected topics in XML format, optionally creates a localization kit
	Adobe PDF Built-in PDF engine with visual layout designer
	Browser-based help Platform independent and cross-browser web-based help, with table of contents, keyword index and context sensitive help support.
	Full-text search for browser-based help is included in the Professional Version only.
	Word manuals Microsoft Word export in RTF format.
	e-Books e-books in Windows 32 bit executable format with customizable skins.
	Printed manuals Print manuals with customizable layout, including booklets, draft prints and duplex printing.

Tools included	Help & Manual 4
	Professional /	Standard

Screen capture The built-in screen capture tool creates stunning screenshots at a mouse click.
Image editor Use the integrated image editor to resize and enhance screenshots, add annotations, callouts and text.
Project report Extensive reports document the status of your help project.
Context sensitive help tool Support for context sensitive help is fully integrated. Help & Manual additionally can export and import help context number maps.
Syntax highlighter Quickly format source code examples for Visual Basic, C++, Pascal or SQL statements.