Doc-To-Help 6 System Requirements

 Article #: IAR1005D  Product: Doc-To-Help   Version: 6

Summary:

The following is the listing of system requirements to run MadCap Doc-To-Help 6.

Full Description:

An Internet Connection is required to download certain components of the Requirements (.NET Framework)

 

  • PC with Intel® Pentium® II 500 MHz or greater processor
  • 512 MB of RAM Minimum
  • 320 MB of hard disk space for the Doc-To-Help application and related files
  • Windows 7 Service Pack 1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, Windows 10

Note: The current and earlier versions do not support Windows 11

  • Microsoft® Word 2010, Microsoft® Word 2013, Microsoft® Word 2016, or Microsoft® Word 2019
    • Microsoft® .NET Framework version 4.5.1 or later
  • The Doc-To-Help installation will check for the presence of the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1. If not found, it will be installed automatically.
  • Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 9 or greater (for use by the Theme Designer), Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari
  • Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime
    • The Doc-To-Help installation will check for the presence of the Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime. If not found, it will be installed automatically

 

If using Doc-To-Help's SharePoint integration, Doc-To-Help collaboration features are compatible with Microsoft® SharePoint® 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016, as well as Office 365 (SharePoint Online). SharePoint 2010, 2013, or 2016 is required when publishing Doc-To-Help Targets to a SharePoint Wiki Library.

 

  • Prerequisite for Office 365 (SharePoint Online):
    • Windows Identity Foundation - http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=17331
  • Supported operating systems for Office 365:
    • Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Vista Service Pack 2.
    • If storing your Team Project in a Team Foundation Server repository, Doc-To-Help supports Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017.

 

Note: D2H does not support side-by-side installations by design.

 

MadCap products currently require Microsoft Windows. Several users have installed Windows on their Macs using programs that enable them to run Windows. The system requirements remain the same for the version of Windows running on a Mac.

If there are difficulties installing Doc-To-Help after fulfilling the items on this checklist, please contact MadCap Technical Support.

Attribution:

Last updated:

8/19/2019

Author:

Marvin Mallari

Contributions by:

MadCap QA