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There's RoboHelp, ForeHelp, Quadralay, HDK, Doc-To-Help, and a bunch of others.
Each has their strengths and weaknesses, and each has a feature or two the other
programs would kill for.
Not much of an answer. I think most of the programs have demos you can download.
You could try each of them out and see which one best fits your particular needs.
Jo Byrd
osama hussein wrote:
> I just want to know what is the standard authoring tool for the Help systems of
> web-based applications.
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