HelpScribble
By JGsoft - Just Great Software
HelpScribble is a full-featured, easy-to-use help authoring tool for creating help files from start to finish. Create WinHelp (.hlp) files, HTML Help (.chm) files, a printed manual and online documentation (on a web site) all from the same HelpScribble project. Write full-featured help files with the built-in editors for SHG files (hotspot bitmaps), WinHelp macros, contents tree, browse sequences, etc. If you have previously used another help authoring tool, reuse your work by importing the HPJ+RTF files created with the other tool or by a decompiler. Use the help files you make with HelpScribble to provide context-sensitive help with your Window applications, no matter which development tool you use. If you use Borland Delphi or C++Builder, you will like the way HelpScribble''s HelpContext property editor integrates with them to make assigning Topic ID values to HelpContext properties very easy. HelpScribble is a stand-alone tool. It does not depend on MS Word or any other third party package. It does need a help compiler that you can download for free from http://www.helpscribble.com/helpcompiler.html
HyperText Studio, Help Edition
By Olson Software Limited
The HyperText Studio is a WYSIWYG online Help and Web authoring tool that uses an Integrated Development Environment for visual project development. It has the same look and feel as other major Windows applications, reducing learning time. Create WinHelp, Web sites, HTML Help, and KeyHelp. The WYSIWYG, HTML Source, ImageMap and Cascading Style Sheet editors let you create attractive and functional online Help projects and Web sites easily. Site and link management tools let you manage projects of any size effectively. Integrated site management and editor features make creating your content as simple as drag and drop. Features include: - Extensive support for HTML source code editing, such as code completion. The HTML Clean system lets you remove extra code in existing HTML pages created in other editors, including Microsoft Word. The HyperText Studio maintains your tags and attributes, ensuring the integrity of your data in both editors. - Topic styles let you apply common content to multiple pages. When you make changes to the topic style''s content, The HyperText Studio applies those changes automatically to all pages that use that topic style. - Create and edit rollovers without touching any JavaScript. - Create expanding regions in a totally WYSIWYG manner. - Predictive linking saves development time. - See all links into and out of a file with Link Management. - Manage your project graphics on one tab. - Use Find and Replace to search for and/or replace content. You can replace text with other text, or add links or keywords automatically. - Many more features! The HyperText Studio includes extensive tutorials to teach you how to learn and use the product effectively.
HyperText Studio, Team Edition
By Olson Software Limited
The HyperText Studio is a team authoring WYSIWYG online Help and Web authoring tool that uses an Integrated Development Environment for visually project development. It has the same look and feel as other major Windows applications, reducing learning time. Create WinHelp, Web sites, HTML Help, and KeyHelp. The WYSIWYG, HTML Source, Frame, ImageMap and Cascading Style Sheet editors let you create attractive and functional online Help projects and Web sites easily. Site and link management tools let you manage projects of any size effectively. Integrated site management and editor features make creating your content as simple as drag and drop. Features include: - Multiple authors can work on the same project at the same time. Check documents in and out to ensure content is edited by only one user at a time. - Extensive support for HTML source code editing, such as code completion. The HTML Clean system lets you remove extra code in existing HTML pages created in other editors, including Microsoft Word. This tool maintains your tags and attributes, ensuring the integrity of your data in both editors. - Topic styles let you apply common content to multiple pages. When you make changes to the topic style''s content, The HyperText Studio applies those changes automatically to all pages that use that topic style. - Table drawing tools make creating even complex tables as easy as using a pencil and eraser. - The Properties Box gives you control over all aspects of your project, from individual characters and paragraphs through table layout, graphics alignment, and backgrounds. - Create and edit rollovers without touching any JavaScript. - Verify all links in your project with the built-in Link Checker. See all links into and out of a file with Link Management. - Manage your project graphics on one tab. - Many more features! The HyperText Studio includes extensive tutorials to teach you how to learn and use the product effectively.
HelpBreeze HTML Help/JavaHelp Edition
By Solutionsoft
HelpBreeze HTML Help/JavaHelp Edition is a complete visual environment for creating Microsoft HTML Help (.chm) files as well as Sun JavaHelp files. HTML Help is Microsoft''s online help system, and is the standard in Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. JavaHelp is Sun''s standard system for providing online help in Java applications. HelpBreeze HTML Help/JavaHelp Edition offers a powerful WYSIWYG HTML editor integrated with drag and drop tools for creating the table of contents, index and other elements of HTML Help systems. You can choose to use HelpBreeze''s HTML Editor, or the product will integrate directly with the 3rd party editor of your choice (DreamWeaver, FrontPage, etc.) You can preview, compile and test your help files from within the authoring environment. HelpBreeze automatically generates the files required to link your HTML Help file to an application, and works directly with Visual Basic to make it easy to add HTML Help to your VB programs. HelpBreeze also allows you to automatically generate printed documentation from your help project so that you can create online help and a printed manual from the same source documents. HelpBreeze has been one of the leading commercial help authoring tools since version 1.0 was released in 1993. Thousands of help authors use HelpBreeze, including many of the best known corporations, universities and government entities world-wide.
for Windows Help Designer/HtmlHelp
By Visagesoft
Visage for Windows® Help Designer/HTML Edition is a specialized WYSIWYG environment for quickly and easily creating Microsoft HTML Help systems. With WHD for Microsoft HTML Help, you do not need to know anything about HTML Help to easily create Help systems in this new format. WHD for Microsoft HTML Help provides all the power to create sophisticated HTML Help systems for application Help. WHD for Microsoft HTML Help fully supports the complete array of HTML Help features and the compiled HTML Help format, allowing you to maximize all the power of the new HTML Help format and the HTML Help engine.
for Windows Help Designer/Winhelp
By Visagesoft
Visagesoft for Windows® Help Designer is a stand alone and true WYSIWYG Windows help authoring tool. It provides all the basic features of a Help authoring software, including the ability to work with topics, set the browse order of topics, and open and save RTF files. It can also launch the Windows Help compiler to build the project. However, the features don''t stop there. Advanced features let you embed graphics and multimedia objects; set non-scrollable portions of the Help file window; import C/C++, plain text, and RTF files; and export context ID maps for C/C++, Visual Basic, and Delphi, as well as export HTML-formatted code from the Help project. You can even produce layouts and create manuals from your Help project. The included spelling checker can use Microsoft Word dictionary files. Full online help is provided. If you''re looking for an application to help you build your Help files, you won''t be disappointed by Windows Help Designer.