Audience
Writers, companies and developers requiring a help authoring tool to create help files, manuals, and documentation
About HelpSmith
Complete help authoring tool to create CHM HTML Help files, Web Help systems, printed manuals, Adobe PDF documets, Microsoft Word documents, and ePub eBooks from a single source. If you are looking for a help authoring tool to create a CHM help file, online Web Help system, or PDF manual, you can consider HelpSmith which provides a rich feature-set from the powerful word processor to write help topics, to the built-in screenshot tool with the possibility to create help for dialog windows automatically. Using HelpSmith, you can create a CHM help file, a fully responsive Web Help system compatible with desktop computers and mobile devices, Printed Manual, PDF document, ePub eBook, and Microsoft Word document from a single source help project. You can write topic content using a built-in word processor that includes a spell checker with dictionaries available for many languages.
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Pricing
Starting Price:
$199 one-time payment
Free Version:
Free Version available.
Free Trial:
Free Trial available.
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Company Information
HelpSmith
Founded: 2010
Canada
www.helpsmith.com
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Platforms Supported
Windows
Training
Documentation
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