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ComponentOne has announced the release of Doc-To-Help 2010. The latest version integrates with Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS), providing one interface to manage and distribute documentation.

And Doc-To-Help 2010 debuts the ability to convert any RoboHelp project.

Read the full press release.

MadCap Software has announced free webinars for next year for anyone who is interested. Most of the webinars are tools-independent:

• Sharon Burton will present Topic-based Authoring: Doing more with less on 15 June.
• Sarah O’Keefe will present DITA 101—Why the Buzz? on 5 February.
• Bonni Graham will present Moving to Topic-based Authoring: Making the Business Case on 12 February.
• Eddie VanArdell will present Planning for Content Reuse: Best Practices for Legacy and New Content on 24 February.
• Neil Perlin will present Can your HAT be a Content Management System? on 12 March.

In addition, Mike Hamilton will present Advanced Publishing Techniques in Flare V4 or Blaze V1 on 29 January.

All webinars take place at 9 am Pacific Time. Use the World Clock Meeting Planner to add the webinar to your schedule. (Be sure to register first!)

Indigo Byte Systems announces that the new version of its software help-authoring tool, Dr.Explain 3.1, is available.

Dr.Explain is the only software documentation tool that captures snapshots of live application screens and automatically recognizes and annotates all significant controls: buttons, text fields, menus, options, and others. Until version 3.1, many software developers and vendors have been using Dr.Explain to document their Windows software, HTML pages, or Flash (SWF) applications. Now, Dr.Explain 3.1 enters the Java world. Java developers can benefit from the same technology, and automatically generate professional documentation for their Java applications made with Swing components.

For more information, see their website.