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Apologies. Missed to read this problem of yours. I have a suggestion.
Maybe by now you would have found the tool. But just to keep in your
records.
Have you heard of the tool called Helpinator. I used this tool when I was
working as a consultant. Is descent and the cost is 1/10th of RoboHelp.
Maybe you can download the trial version to get the look and feel.
Regards.
KIRTI
On 23 Feb 2012 03:54, "Beth Kane" <bkane -at- ridgetopgroup -dot- com> wrote:
> Sarah said: Anyone know of a freeware tool with atrocious docs and help in
> need of improvement?
>
> Yes! HelpSmith. It's not freeware after the first 30 days, but that's
> quite a while. It's true that I have been away from creating online help
> for many years now, but still, I have a grasp of the main concepts, and I
> could not find instructions for the most basic things in its online help.
> See www.helpsmith.com.
>
> I finally decided that with all the things I've got going on now, I could
> not figure this thing out in time to make webhelp for documentation that
> is due by next week, and we decided to go with only a PDF manual for now.
>
> BTW, has anyone used HelpSmith? It seems good on the surface, and costs a
> helluva lot less than RoboHelp ($199). Our company is so tiny that I can't
> imagine them budgeting for RoboHelp.
>
> Beth K
> Lone Writer
> Ridgetop Group
> Baja Arizona
>
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