Complete Solutions

Software packages allowing you to create a full-featured HTML help system from scratch.

Shareware and Commercial software

Help & Manual by EC Software	[recommended]	Shareware ($279.00)
Help & Manual is a stand-alone help authoring tool with an integrated WYSIWYG editor. It allows you to create all types of standard help files including HTML HELP Winhelp (.hlp), Browser based help, PDF user manuals, Stand-alone exe files and Print manuals.

Doc-O-Matic by toolsfactory GbR	[recommended]	Shareware ($399.00)
It's a perfect solution for a large online documentation system creation. Doc-O-Matic creates fully cross-linked documentation systems, including source code documentation, online help and user manuals in PDF, browser-based Help, HTML help, MS help 2, Windows help and RTF.

HelpTron HTML Help by Theta Software	[recommended]	Shareware ($149.00)
HelpTron HTML Help is a stand-alone help authoring WYSIWYG tool which provides all the power to create sophisticated HTML Help systems. It is packed with many useful features like spell checker, css editor and even PDF help creation tool.

FAR by HelpWare	[recommended]	Shareware ($49.00)
FAR is a collection of file and HTML Help utilities for authors. If you need to quickly manipulate HTML files, or create and edit HTML Help then FAR will save you lots of time. You can safely use FAR and Microsoft HTML Help Workshop side by side, unlike many other authoring tools.

RoboHelp Office X4 by eHelp	[recommended]	Shareware ($999.00)
RoboHelp makes it easy to create professional Help systems for desktop applications (Windows, Mac and Linux) and Web-based applications, including .NET. With RoboHelp, you can create Help systems that run on any browser or platform. Generate all popular Help formats, plus printed documentation output, all from a single source project. RoboHelp lets you work in Microsoft Word, RoboHelp's built-in HTML editor, or any popular editor such as Dreamweaver or FrontPage.

HelpKit by Dev Components		Shareware ($169.00)
HelpKit includes all the tools you will need to develop great looking help files in less time. Features include: WYSIWYG HTML editor, powerful HTML Source Code editor, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) editor, What's This Help Editor, Automatic Context Id management, HTML Help ActiveX control wizards, built-in Spell Checker, Task Management, Topic Templates, User Defined Code Templates, Microsoft Word documents Import, and much more.

AuthorIT Desktop Edition by AuthorIT Software		Shareware ($399.00)
AuthorIT is one of the most sophisticated and advanced tools for authoring, management, and publishing of online and printed documents from a single source. AuthorIT generates hard copy, WinHelp, HTML Help, and HTML pages from a single source while still retaining the specific features and characteristics of each media. This means that you enter and format the information once and only once, to get all four forms of documentation. This greatly reduces duplication of effort in both the development and ongoing maintenance of your documentation. With AuthorIT you can quickly and efficiently produce professional quality documentation, such as; policy and procedure manuals, health and safety manuals, web sites and much more quality manuals.

Visual CHM by Wekasoft		Shareware ($19.95)
This is a low-cost convenient WYSIWYG editor for making CHM files. You can design your help file directly from the interface, select the files to be included, change icons, arrange the pages and more. Visual CHM is similar to the Microsoft Help Workshop but a little easier to use and aimed at novice users.

Freeware software

Microsoft HTML Help Workshop by Microsoft	[recommended]	Freeware
Microsoft HTML Help Workshop is an program designed to help you create help systems using source files based on HTML. With its easy-to-use interface, HTML Help Workshop allows you to organize the different files that make up the content of your help system into a single project (.hhp) file, and to author HTML files with a text editor. You can also create and edit contents (.hhc) and index (.hhk) files, add graphics (.gif, .jpeg, .png) files into your HTML files.

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