Add to that intuitive table of contents and keywords editors, a powerful library of reusable assets, various documentation assisting tools… everything has been integrated to help you make the most impressive help files as easily as possible. HelpNDoc provides a clean and efficient user interface with a WYSIWYG editor similar to Microsoft Word.

Fortunately, HelpNDoc encapsulates this outdated compiler in a straightforward user interface so that you can concentrate on writing the best possible user manual.

But this software hasn’t been updated in years by Microsoft: it is not Unicode compliant, and contains multiple bugs and limitations. Microsoft HTML Help Workshop is the official editor and compiler to produce CHM help files. To the point that you’ll probably soon “enjoy documenting”! Say goodbye to Microsoft HTML Help Workshop This is no longer the case: by using the powerful HelpNDoc help authoring tool, you’ll be able to produce Microsoft Windows CHM help files extremely quickly and easily. Unfortunately, most developers and technical writers find it very hard to use Microsoft’s outdated tools to create CHM help files. That’s why providing a standard Windows CHM help file with your software is extremely important. Not only are they satisfied to find a suitable answer to their problem, but they also avoided a lengthy work for your support team. This provides a great opportunity for end-users to learn and troubleshot their software by themselves. The F1 keyboard shortcut is widely used by Microsoft Windows users to launch the currently focused application’s help file.

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