HelpSmith

What's new in HelpSmith 3.5.5?

• Fixed compilation issues for HTML Help (CHM) that occurred on some help projects
• Improved the internal character-encoding engine
• Fixed issues with using special characters in some Asian languages
• Compilation now works faster on large help projects
• Better support for PNG images, an updated PNG engine is now used
• Improvements for the built-in media repository
• Other minor improvements and bug fixes

What's new in HelpSmith 3.5.3?

• Added support for the new video format MP4
• Fixed an issue when using Asian languages (Chinese, Korean, Japanese) in the Table of Contents of an HTML Help system (CHM)

HelpSmith is a complete help authoring tool, which you can use to create HTML Help (CHM) files, Web Help (browser-based) systems, Printed Manuals, PDFs, and Word RTF documents from a single source help project. The main features of HelpSmith are: a built-in word processor with dynamic styles and live spell-checker, full Unicode support, topic templates, variables, an advanced approach to working with graphical and video files, and many other useful tools.

With HelpSmith, you can create help files for your products easily. HelpSmith includes a professional feature-set, which is combined with an easy-to-use interface. Using the built-in editors, you can easily create the Table of Contents and alphabetical Index of your help systems in minutes. You will also be able to integrate your HTML Help or Web Help system with your application and provide context-sensitive Help. Designed as a regular office application, HelpSmith enables the creation of high quality help systems and documents without the knowledge of many technical details. For example, you do not have to manually code HTML or CSS in order to create technical documentation. At the same time, experienced technical writers still have the possibility to insert custom HTML code.

HelpSmith Features Include:

• The ability to create HTML Help, Web Help, Printed Manuals, and PDFs from a single source project
• Built-in Unicode word processor
• Live spell checker with dictionaries for many languages
• Support for Topic Templates and Variables
• Full-featured dynamic styles
• No need to deal with HTML or CSS coding (though it is possible to insert custom HTML code when needed)
• Single media repository for better management of graphical and video used in a help project
• Smart Project Merge feature for collaborative working on the same help system, for translation purposes, and for creating libraries of topics or templates
• A slight learning-curve and easy-to-use interface