While other help authoring tools are mostly featured screenshot takers and text editors, Dr.Explain automatically handles window's structure and adds numbered callouts to all control. Dr.Explain makes professional looking HTML, CHM or RTF help files in minutes.

Dr.Explain captures windows from a live application, creates screenshots and automatically adds references to all window's controls: buttons, edit fields, radio buttons, dropdown lists, and other elements.

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HelpNDoc provides a clear and efficient interface to build the most amazing html help files without worrying about the inner working of help file generation. You just have to enter your text in the built-in word processor and hit the "Compile" button to obtain a fully functional help file which looks exactly as you designed it.

Forget about bloated user interfaces and incomprehensible tools. HelpNDoc has been engineered to provide the most advanced functionalities in their simplest form: creating html help files is usually a painful process but thanks to HelpNDoc you may surprise yourself enjoying it! You know how to use windows explorer and your favourite word processor? Then you already know how to use HelpNDoc: it's that easy!

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Microsoft HTML Help is the standard help system for the Windows platform. Authors can use HTML Help to create online help for a software application or to create content for a multimedia title or Web site. Developers can use the HTML Help API to program a host application or hook up context-sensitive help to an application. As an information delivery system, HTML Help is suited for a wide range of applications, including training guides, interactive books, and electronic newsletters, as well as help for software applications.

HTML Help offers some distinct advantages over standard HTML, such as the ability to implement a combined table of contents and index and the use of keywords for advanced hyperlinking capability. The HTML Help compiler (part of the HTML Help Workshop) makes it possible to compress HTML, graphic, and other files into a relatively small compiled help (.chm) file, which can then be distributed with a software application, or downloaded from the Web.

HTML Help consists of an online Help Viewer, related help components, and help authoring tools from Microsoft Corporation. The Help Viewer uses the underlying components of Microsoft Internet Explorer to display help content. It supports HTML, ActiveX, Java, scripting languages (JScript, and Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition), and HTML image formats (.jpeg, .gif, and .png files). The help authoring tool, HTML Help Workshop, provides an easy-to-use system for creating and managing help projects and related files.

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An important point in the development of software is the creation of Help files that enable users to learn everything they need to know about your app's usage. This is usually quite a tedious task but fortunately now you can count on Helpmaker to speed the process up.

This program allows you to create the whole Help section of your program from scratch. Its interface resembles that of a standard Windows Help file, so you get a perfect view of what your finished project will look like. Plus, the embedded rich editor offers a large variety of text formatting options and makes the writing task a pleasant one.

The complexity of this program, which even includes some extra tools to create image maps, buttons and icons, may be a bit overwhelming for first-time users. However, this can be easily solved with some practice.

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Easily create help systems for your software and web sites from a single source! HelpLogic's award-winning design removes the development headaches usually associated with help authoring, providing an ideal solution for cross-platform software developers, web site designers, and documentation writers. Save time with the integrated Workshop, Visual TOC Builder, HTML Editor, and Link Manager to quickly generate Web-based Help, Apple Help, Microsoft HTML Help, UniHelp, and PDF.

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MASS is an easy to use tool to create MS Agent scripts with animated, speaking characters. You can easily create agent scripts by dragging the character on screen, selecting a few options and clicking buttons. You don't need any scripting experience, even though advanced users have the option to view and manually edit the generated script as well. The program outputs the complete HTML page, ready to upload to your web site. With easy understandable interface any windows user can create scripts, it is a must have software for every windows users interested in the Microsoft Agent Technology.

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Visual WinHelp is a fast, easy way to create professional-quality WinHelp help documentation. Visual WinHelp's simple interface and powerful features, including spell check, popup support, Web links and more, make Visual WinHelp the best choice for fast, easy help development.

All the features you need are included and easy to use, including:

• Spell Checking
• Image support
• One-click hyperlinking
• Compression
• Popups
• Window Size and Position
• Text and Window Colours

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HTML Help Generator offers a new way to add help to an application. Instead of making help files from scratch by hand the generator scans the application and produces the required files for you. This can save up to 80% of time required for making a help file.

HTML Help Generator for Visual Studio 2005 is the fastest way to add Help to your applications. Features HTML page and image generation, table of contents, index and search, images with hotspots and export to Word. The WYSIWYG wizard lets you set many options for page layout and application specific information. Results can also be exported as Word document (documentation) or to your website. Includes help editor.

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Create, update, and manage your FAQs with FAQTool's built-in topic manager and HTML editor. Easily update a single entry or multiple entries, reorganize entries into topics and categories using drag-and-drop, and insert images to enhance appearance. Then export your FAQ to your web site using one of the included templates for formatting, or create your own template for a completely custom appearance. Check out the FAQTool FAQ too see a simple example.

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FAQGenie is a tool that takes the hassle out of writing and maintaining a FAQ on a website. You simply enter your questions and answers, arrange them according to your preferences, select a suitable layout and with a click you have a professional looking FAQ page. You have the option to have the document on a single page or in frames - both horizontal and vertical options are supported. You can have the answers all on a single page or one per page - the latter being very useful for cases where you have a long document which takes forever to download. Other options include FAQ import, extra headers and footers, meta-tags, JavaScript to auto-frame automatically and much more.

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HelpConsole is the easiest way to create Help systems and PDF documentation for your website. Create a 'Help Center' within your existing website that your staff can easily update at anytime from anywhere. Publish online product manuals, product demos, FAQs, knowledgebase articles, PDF manuals, etc. The In-place editing feature allows your technical writers to quickly make changes to your online documentation after it has been published to your website.

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Fast-Help is a Windows Help File Generator that is incredibly intuitive and productive. Why spend your valuable time on steep learning curves with other products when you can create a fully functional help file in under One Minute with Fast-Help? Then all you have to do is type in the help text. The software has a loyal customer base that range from independant developers to companies like, NASA, General Motors, 3M and Motorola.

The application allows you to create:

• HtmlHelp (.CHM)
• WinHelp (.HLP)
• Website Help
• Printable Manuals
• MS Word Manuals
• PDF
• PocketPC Help

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Help & Manual makes producing help and documentation a pleasure. All the tools you need are at your fingertips in a single intuitive environment, and the program handles all the complex, technical aspects of the process for you.

Instead of wasting countless hours "programming" your help you can focus all your energy on actually writing your documentation, so that all your working time is productive time.

Help & Manual's working environment gives you all the formatting and editing features of a modern word processor, including dynamic styles and complex tables. This is combined with powerful features for generating and editing help and documentation files, including full support for multimedia and complex modular projects.

Your projects are displayed and edited with the same hierarchical tree structure used by all Windows help formats. The editor and content tree view are combined in a single window. Editing topics and manipulating the structure of your projects is fast and intuitive.

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RoboHelp makes it easy to create professional Help systems for desktop applications (Windows, Mac and Linux) and Web-based applications, including .NET. With RoboHelp, you can create Help systems that run on any browser or platform. Easily add standard and advanced Help features, including table of contents, index, glossary, topics, graphics, and more. Generate all popular Help formats, plus printed documentation output, all from a single source project. RoboHelp lets you work in Microsoft Word, RoboHelp's built-in HTML editor, or any popular editor such as Dreamweaver or FrontPage. You can even import existing content from HTML, Microsoft Word, or Adobe FrameMaker.

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Shalom Help Maker (SHM) is a Windows help file editor that does not need MS Word. It supports images, popup windows, links to other pages, web pages, E-mail addresses and has automatic updating of links (jumps to other pages) when pages are rearranged or deleted, listing of unused bitmaps and popup pages, listing of links to the present page and lots more. SHM makes old-fashioned hlp files, not chm files (HTML based help files). It runs on all Windows versions, including XP.

Unlike other help file creators, Shalom Help Maker works like any ordinary editor and therefore has practically no learning curve. You don't have to know anything about help file making. Just start typing, insert pictures and write page headers. Hit F4 to get a preview of a page or F9 to compile (make) the whole help file. Shalom Help Maker (SHM) is your editor and you produce the help file with SHM and the help compiler (separate download found on the download page).

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