HAT advice - convert WinHelp to HTML Help

["Jessica N Lange" <jlange -at- mdc-dayton -dot- com>]

After some time away, I'm back in the game: looking for a 
new Help Authoring Tool. I've searched the web and mailing
lists and studied the excellent Help Authoring Tool 
Comparison Matrix at helpstuff.com, but still seek advice.

I have a WinHelp project in maintenance mode, using 
HelpBreeze (MS Word add-in). I use Dreamweaver for our
websites and try to keep up on all the latest web tech
& trends, but haven't thought much about help authoring. 
Until now, when I learned Microsoft is deprecating WinHelp 
in Vista. 

Now I'm searching for a tool to convert WinHelp to HTML 
Help or Vista help, and then to maintain the help. 
What I'd like in a HAT:

 - ability to import all the existing topics (Word files 
   or .hlp). It's a big, modular help system for three
   different products. 

 - a good conversion from WinHelp to whatever (HTML, XML). 
   Don't want to have to redo all the build tags or rename 
   all the images. 

 - a vendor that is currently in business and still updating
   their product for future technologies like Vista. 

 - a reasonable cost. The help file only requires minor 
   changes a few times a year. 

 - Oh, and an easy learning curve would be nice. I do more 
   software testing and web work these days than help authoring;
   I'd rather not spend half my time figuring out how to use 
   the tool merely to add a paragraph. 

Before I start installing trial versions and testing, I'd 
welcome the advice of anyone with experience in converting 
WinHelp to HTML Help. 

Thanks in advance for any help.
Jessica












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