Creating a Help File

[Marv]

Hi,

Is there a low free or low cost way to create a compiled help file (.chm)
for the 30-50 procedure documents I wrote in MS Word?

Thanks for your help.

Marv

 

[Johnw]

It happens that Marv formulated :

Is there a low free or low cost way to create a compiled help file (.chm) for
the 30-50 procedure documents I wrote in MS Word?

Abee CHM Maker
http://abeetech.com/chmmakerpro/

Shalom Help Maker (SHM)
http://www.danish-shareware.dk/soft/shelpm/

Help File Tools
http://www.freewarehome.com/index.h...rehome.com/Programming/Help_File_Tools_t.html

Free Help-file Authoring tools
http://www.freebyte.com/programming/help_file_authoring/

MJ's Help Diagnostics
http://helpware.net/downloads/index.htm

 

[Marv]

John,

Thanks for the response.

Since I have no experience in using this type of program it appears that all
the files I include in the program have to be HTML. If this is true how do I
convert all the Word Doc to HTML?

Thanks,

Marv

 

[VanguardLH]

Since I have no experience in using this type of program it appears that all
the files I include in the program have to be HTML. If this is true how do I
convert all the Word Doc to HTML?

Um, how about using Word itself?

- File -> Save As and selecting HTML
- File -> Save as Web Page

Word does add a fluff to an HTML document. For one, it adds a ton of
directives inside the HTML code that only Word will understand (so if
Word is used to open the .html document then it can use these
directives). There are many programs that will cleanup Word's HTML
output; see http://www.google.com/search?q=+word++html++clean.

 

[Marv]

V

Thanks.

I will try your suggestions and then spend some more time learning how to
use the Help generation programs

Marv

Marv

 

[Marv]

Hi,

I have been learning how to use HelpNDoc to create the Library Help file.

Is it possible to open and offer as a download a pdf file when a topic ? is
clicked.

Thanks,

Marv

 

[Johnw]

Marv used his keyboard to write :

I have been learning how to use HelpNDoc to create the Library Help file.
Is it possible to open and offer as a download a pdf file when a topic ? is
clicked.

Hyperlinks are what I think you need, here are some programs & info
that have that feature.

PDF4Free
http://www.tucows.com/preview/347288
http://www.pdfpdf.com/
This is a PDF creator, PDF writer and PDF converter. This tool installs
itself as a print driver. All you have to do is click Print from your
application to create PDF files with full hyperlinks support

Brava Reader
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multimedia/Graphic/Graphic-Viewers/Brava-Reader.shtml
http://www.bravaviewer.com/reader.htm
· Hyperlinks (CSF)

Gymnast
http://www.oakworth.demon.co.uk/gymnast.htm
Gymnast converts text files to Adobe Acrobat PDF format without the
need for any additional Adobe software.
Gymnast supports hyperlinks.

Adding Hyperlinks To Your MS Word and PDF Documents Can Be Easy (Video)
http://www.flashpublishers.com/public/907.cfm

Word to PDF: Conversion made easy with PDF-T-Maker
http://www.transcom.de/transcom/en/2004_pdf-t-maker.htm
You create documents in Microsoft Word, spare no effort to produce
proper headings, lists of contents, links and cross references, an
index, and want to pass on the document as PDF file? You want to
produce rich PDF files which contain all meta information from your
Word document as bookmarks, hyperlinks, comments etc.? You look for a
solution that costs little or even nothing?

Hyperlinks aren't converted from Word to PDF (Create Adobe PDF Online)
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=328556&sliceId=1

WinPDF
http://www.pdfdesk.com/winpdf.html
The software supports such features of the PDF format as paper size,
resolution, orientation, compatibility, fonts embedding, live
hyperlink, embedded images, formulas, tables, figures, 40-bit and
128-bit encryption, password protection, document usage control,
document metadata, automatic output and batch conversion.

Tomahawk PDF+
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/PDF/Tomahawk-PDF-Plus.shtml
· Embedded Hyperlinks support.