Help+Manual is available in 3 different editions: Basic, Professional and Floating.
The Basic Edition has a reduced set of features. Professional and Floating just differ by the licensing model: floating licenses are not bound to a particular computer.

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General Features Floating Pro Basic
 
Individual license per workstation
You install Help+Manual on a local computer, not on a server. A second installation of the same license on a laptop (if used by the same person) is possible and permitted. Per-seat licenses don't run on a terminal server.

Concurrent Use
Floating licenses are not bound to a particular workstation, they are shared among multiple users. For offline use, floating licenses can be checked out and pinned for offline use up to 8 days.
Note: If you are running Help+Manual on a Terminal Server workstation, a Floating license is required.

Multi-user editing
Multiple users can work on the same project at the same time. No special server software is required.

WYSIWYG XML Editor
Help+Manual is a WYSIWYG XML editor that feels like Word. You don't need to know anything about XML to work with it.

Tabbed Editors
Open multiple topics simultaneously in tabs to edit them comfortably side by side.

Edit XML sources directly
Sometimes you might want to modify the underlying XML sources directly.

Uncompressed XML data sources
Help+Manual uses uncompressed XML as project file format. The XML data source can be translated with external translation tools. It can also be created and maintained by 3rd party applications outside Help+Manual.

Unicode support
Full Unicode support, meaning you can create help files in up to 106 languages, including Asian languages.

Localization support
Project synchronization and the option to save a project in uncompressed XML format make translation with external tools easy.

RoboHelp® Import
Help+Manual directly imports RoboHelp® project files.

Author-It® Import
Help+Manual directly imports Author-It® 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.

Export with skins
Use predefined HTML skins to export your documentation with professionally designed layouts at a mouse click.

Create user defined skins
Customize existing HTML skins or create your own.

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, paragraph and tables styles to format the content. All styles support different media types for screen and printed outputs.

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
Seamless integration of multiple projects into each other and merged ouput. Runtime merging is optionally possible if supported by the output format.

Repositories
Create and manage repositories for snippets and styles. A repository is a special kind of Help+Manual project that is used to share styles and snippets between multiple projects.

Version control (built-in and external)
Help+Manual Floating/Professional has active support for Subversion, Microsoft Team Foundation Server, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe compatibles.
The built-in "simple" version control keeps a history list of topics for easy comparison and restore.

Publishing Task
In addition to publishing your project to a single output format, you can also define "publishing tasks" with a list of multiple output formats and versions of your project. Once you have got a task set up, you just need to select it to perform all the predefined publishing operations in one automated process.

 
Output Formats Floating Pro Basic
 
Webhelp
Platform independent HTML with Javascript, includes navigation elements with table of contents and keyword index. The Webhelp layout is fully customizable.

Webhelp with full-text search
Platform independent Webhelp with integrated full-text search.

HTML Help (.chm)
Compiled HTML Help, the standard Windows help format.

Adobe PDF
Built-in PDF engine with visual layout designer.

Microsoft Word
User manual Microsoft Word (DOCX) format.

ePUB eBooks
Publish directly to the Apple iPad and many other e-book devices using the ePUB standard (optimized for iPad).

Amazon Kindle eBooks
Publish for Amazon Kindle reading devices and get your eBook into the Amazon digital bookstore!

Visual Studio Help
Compiled HTML Help format, mandatory for software component documentation in Visual Studio and other development tools.

eWriter e-books
Single-file WebHelp with an easy-install viewer for Windows and MacOS.

Print Manuals
Direct printing of user manuals formatted with a visual layout designer.

 
Tools Included Floating Pro Basic
 
Plugin System
The plugin system extends the basic functionality of Help+Manual. Currently available are a PDF Review plugin and a DeepL Automated Translation plugin. 3rd party plugins may be added in the future.

Screen Capture and Screencasts
The built-in screen capture tool creates screenshots and animated screencasts.

Image Editor
Use the integrated image editor to resize and enhance screenshots, add annotations, callouts and text.

Keyword Index Tool
An interactive keyword index tool helps you design the index.

Synchronization Tool
Quickly synchronize two help projects and update changes in language pairs.

Context Help Tool
Support for context sensitive help is fully integrated. Help+Manual additionally can export and import help context number maps.

Project reports
Extensive reports document the status of your help project.

Syntax highlighter
Quickly format source code examples with syntax highlighting for more than 50 programming languages.