help authoring (7 products)

Help Development Studio 1.9 (Shareware, $94.95)

Help Development Studio is a popular, full-featured, stand-alone, complete help authoring tool, which is designed to create WinHelp, HTML Help, and Web Help files from the same source. The integrated environment, with its easy-to-use interface, includes all that’s necessary for the quick and easy creation of high quality help files. Download your copy now and get a FREE 30-day trial!

HelpExpert 4.2 (Demo)

HelpExpert is a WYSIWYG tool to create platform independent electronic documentations. It combines all major parts of a documentation such as table of contents, alphabetical index and the actual content in one project file. To generate documentations, an author hardly has to do more than type, point and click. HelpExpert automatically produces platform independent help sets in JavaHelp, PDF or HTML format in one step. JavaHelp format can be viewed from any application or web browser. HelpExpert can run on any platform such as Windows, Unix, Linux or Mac. An extensive tutorial is included. The Java virtual machine (VM) is required to run HelpExpert

HelpScribble 7.3.2 (Shareware, $99)

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.

Hotspot Builder 1.21 (Shareware, $39.95)

Using screenshots in your application’s help files ensure that your program is very easy to learn. However, simple, screenshots, which just demonstrate your program working normally, are not enough. When users have problems, they prefer to avoid searching for a solution, but to instead get an answer immediately and then continue their work. Why not provide your users with that ability? How? The solution lies in using screenshots that include hotspots, which are special regions that can be clicked on by the user to display appropriate information.

JavaHelp Plug-In for SimplyHTML 1 (Commercial, $78)

JavaHelp Plug-In for SimplyHTML turns application SimplyHTML into a full fledged WYSIWYG help authoring tool (HAT). Features easy creation of table of contents and index including drag and drop. Index sorting and creation of search database. Works directly in JavaHelp format, no conversions necessary, opens any existing help set in JavaHelp format. Write complex documentations fast and simple. Extensive help included.

MGTEK Help Producer 1.1 (Commercial, $395)

MGTEK Help Producer is a help authoring tool for Microsoft Windows that allows you to create professional HTML help files and web based content from a Microsoft Word document.

Snaggle 1.5 (Shareware, $15)

Snaggle is an easy to use screen capture program that greatly enhances the functionality of the Print Screen key in Microsoft Windows. The standard functionality of the Print Screen key allows you to copy your entire desktop or the currently active window to the system clipboard. Snaggle does this too, but it also does much, much more.