PaperKiller
Encyclopedia
Paper Killer is a WYSIWYG
help authoring tool
created by Visual Vision
, an Italian
software company. The software is used by technical writer
s to create manuals in various formats.
PaperKiller is a visual hypertext
oriented software, specializing in the creation, management, publishing of any type of electronic documentation (technical manuals, hypertext, hypermedia
, software user guides, online help systems, and training manuals).
The software includes an integrated all-in-one environment that permits visual linking and live links (this is called the WYSIWYL interface).
Paper Killer works with a document that encapsulates a set of pages and images, instead of working with single pages/files, so its design is different from common HTML editor
programs: the user does not have to manage / memorize single filenames; with the editor it is possible to revise, browse, and search within the whole hypertext without the need to continuously save and load the information.
The ancestor of PaperKiller, iPer
(that is also the common ancestor of Hyper Publish
), was created in 1996 at Politecnico di Torino and was presented at the ED-Media
97 EdMedia World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications in Calgary.
WYSIWYG
WYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
help authoring tool
Help authoring tool
A Help Authoring Tool or HAT is a software program used by technical writers to create online help systems.-Functions:The basic functions of Help Authoring Tools can be divided into the following categories:-File input:...
created by Visual Vision
Visual Vision
Visual Vision is an Italian software development company founded in 1996. It is known for its multimedia and hypermedia software for Microsoft Windows.-Products:*Easy Web Editor and 1site: programs for creating Web sites...
, an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
software company. The software is used by technical writer
Technical writer
A technical writer is a professional writer who designs, creates, and maintains technical documentation...
s to create manuals in various formats.
PaperKiller is a visual hypertext
Hypertext
Hypertext is text displayed on a computer or other electronic device with references to other text that the reader can immediately access, usually by a mouse click or keypress sequence. Apart from running text, hypertext may contain tables, images and other presentational devices. Hypertext is the...
oriented software, specializing in the creation, management, publishing of any type of electronic documentation (technical manuals, hypertext, hypermedia
Hypermedia
Hypermedia is a computer-based information retrieval system that enables a user to gain or provide access to texts, audio and video recordings, photographs and computer graphics related to a particular subject.Hypermedia is a term created by Ted Nelson....
, software user guides, online help systems, and training manuals).
The software includes an integrated all-in-one environment that permits visual linking and live links (this is called the WYSIWYL interface).
Paper Killer works with a document that encapsulates a set of pages and images, instead of working with single pages/files, so its design is different from common HTML editor
HTML editor
An HTML editor is a software application for creating web pages. Although the HTML markup of a web page can be written with any text editor, specialized HTML editors can offer convenience and added functionality. For example, many HTML editors work not only with HTML, but also with related...
programs: the user does not have to manage / memorize single filenames; with the editor it is possible to revise, browse, and search within the whole hypertext without the need to continuously save and load the information.
The ancestor of PaperKiller, iPer
IPer
iPer is an educational computer program designed to manage hypertext and hypermedia.The software was invented in 1996 at Politecnico di Torino and abstracts about its original interface design were published for the first time within the papers of the ED-Media '97 World Conference on Educational...
(that is also the common ancestor of Hyper Publish
Hyper Publish
Hyper Publish is a visual WYSIWYG hypermedia authoring tool created by Visual Vision, a Italy based software company.The software is born from a research work performed in 1995/96 at Politecnico di Torino and has been designed and optimized for hypermedia and hypertext management, focusing on Web...
), was created in 1996 at Politecnico di Torino and was presented at the ED-Media
ED-Media
ED-Media is a World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications promoted yearly by the AACE, the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education : an international, educational and professional not-for profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the...
97 EdMedia World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications in Calgary.