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Shiraz Abdulla
Can anyone please suggest the best way to make a chm file from an existing
document.
Regards
Shiraz Abdulla
document.
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Shiraz Abdulla
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José Gallardo
I do not know whether it is the best way, but you may want to look this
up:
http://www.zipghost.com/easychm.html
up:
http://www.zipghost.com/easychm.html
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Pete Lees [MVP]
Shiraz,
This depends on the format of your source document, how professional
you want the help file to look, and your budget.
For example, if you're in the market for a "professional" help
authoring tool that works in combination with Microsoft Word then the
most obvious choice is Doc-To-Help or WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word.
In fact, though, most professional help authoring tools can import Word
documents, even if you subsequently edit the material with their native
editor rather than with Word. Some more examples of these tools
include:
* AuthorIT
* Help & Manual
* HyperText Studio
* RoboHelp
* XDK
The current market leader is RoboHelp, but there are very strong
indications that Macromedia has now "sunsetted" it; no further
development work is likely.
The best places to look for information on the above tools are:
http://www.helpstuff.com/2513.htm
http://www.mshelpwiki.com/index.php?page=SoftwareReviews
For cheaper alternatives, you might try the following:
http://www.helpmaster.com/hh-authoringtools.htm
http://www.mshelpwiki.com/index.php?page=AvailableTools
The cheapest tool of all is Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop, which is
available as a free download from here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/hwMicrosoftHTMLHelpDownloads.asp
This has a rather rudimentary interface and provides no WYSIWYG editing
facilities, but you can still use it to produce professional-looking
help files. There is a tutorial on how to use HTML Help Workshop here:
http://www.mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/htmlhelp/hhtutorials.html#char_hhw
Can anyone please suggest the best way to make a chm file from an existing
document.
This depends on the format of your source document, how professional
you want the help file to look, and your budget.
For example, if you're in the market for a "professional" help
authoring tool that works in combination with Microsoft Word then the
most obvious choice is Doc-To-Help or WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word.
In fact, though, most professional help authoring tools can import Word
documents, even if you subsequently edit the material with their native
editor rather than with Word. Some more examples of these tools
include:
* AuthorIT
* Help & Manual
* HyperText Studio
* RoboHelp
* XDK
The current market leader is RoboHelp, but there are very strong
indications that Macromedia has now "sunsetted" it; no further
development work is likely.
The best places to look for information on the above tools are:
http://www.helpstuff.com/2513.htm
http://www.mshelpwiki.com/index.php?page=SoftwareReviews
For cheaper alternatives, you might try the following:
http://www.helpmaster.com/hh-authoringtools.htm
http://www.mshelpwiki.com/index.php?page=AvailableTools
The cheapest tool of all is Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop, which is
available as a free download from here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/hwMicrosoftHTMLHelpDownloads.asp
This has a rather rudimentary interface and provides no WYSIWYG editing
facilities, but you can still use it to produce professional-looking
help files. There is a tutorial on how to use HTML Help Workshop here:
http://www.mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/htmlhelp/hhtutorials.html#char_hhw