Re: Inexpensive help authoring tool?

["Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>]

On Sunday, October 22, 2006, Elizabeth Shack wrote: 

> Doc-to-Help looks good but is probably out of our price range. Has
> anyone used WinCHM from Softany or Help & Manual? What about free
> tools, like Microsoft's HTML Help?

I have not used WinCHM, but I have used Help & Manual. It is fairly easy to use, 
is able to output to a variety of file types (print and on-line), and can import 
existing HLP or CHM projects. Doc-to-Help and Help & Manual both offer trial 
installations, so you can download both and do an evaluation. You might find that 
D2H is worth the additional $$ based on your needs. 

Microsoft's HTMLHelp Workshop basically provides you with the help compiler 
(which all off-the-shelf help authoring tools use) and a way to create a TOC & 
Index. You will still need a tool to create your HTML files. It's a great 
troubleshooting tool, but unless you *really* enjoy coding HTML by hand, I 
wouldn't recommend it for production work :)

2 cents,

Dana W.

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Dana Worley
Software Product Manager, Marketing
Campbell Scientific, Inc. 
Microsoft MVP, Windows Help 2002-2007


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