Help & Manual Professional

Collaborative help and documentation authoring with advanced multi-channel publishing.

Published by EC Software
Distributed by ComponentSource since 2009

Prices from: $ 881.02 Version: 10.2 NEW Updated: Apr 23, 2026 5.00 Star Average Review5.00 Star Average Review5.00 Star Average Review5.00 Star Average Review5.00 Star Average Review (6)

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Help & Manual Professional

Help & Manual is a documentation tool and content management system for both single and multi-author editing. All publishing formats supported by Help & Manual are generated from the same project. This means you only have to edit your help and documentation once. Help+Manual publishes all standard Windows help formats, from HTML Help to Webhelp to Visual Studio Help. It also generates Adobe PDF, Microsoft Word documents and ePUB e-books - the standard format supported by the Apple iPad - as well as Amazon Kindle.

Help & Manual Professional

Easy migrationHelp & Manual imports regular HTML and text files, compiled HTML Help, Word files (RTF format), Winhelp source files and even decompiles HLP files.
Easy migrationHelp & Manual imports regular HTML and text files, compiled HTML Help, Word files (RTF format), Winhelp source files and even decompiles HLP files.
Multi FormatYou can output your projects to all standard Windows help formats (HTML Help, Winhelp and MS Help 2.0 / Visual Studio Help), browser-based Help, PDF and Word RTF.
Multi FormatYou can output your projects to all standard Windows help formats (HTML Help, Winhelp and MS Help 2.0 / Visual Studio Help), browser-based Help, PDF and Word RTF.
Intuitive working environmentHelp & Manual´s working environment gives you all the formatting and editing features of a modern word processor, including dynamic styles and complex tables. This is combined with powerful features for generating and editing help and documentation files, including full support for multimedia and complex modular projects and Project reporting tools.
Intuitive working environmentHelp & Manual´s working environment gives you all the formatting and editing features of a modern word processor, including dynamic styles and complex tables. This is combined with powerful features for generating and editing help and documentation files, including full support for multimedia and complex modular projects and Project reporting tools.
Keyword Index ToolAn interactive keyword index tool helps you design the index.
Keyword Index ToolAn interactive keyword index tool helps you design the index.
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Easy migrationHelp & Manual imports regular HTML and text files, compiled HTML Help, Word files (RTF format), Winhelp source files and even decompiles HLP files.
Multi FormatYou can output your projects to all standard Windows help formats (HTML Help, Winhelp and MS Help 2.0 / Visual Studio Help), browser-based Help, PDF and Word RTF.
Intuitive working environmentHelp & Manual´s working environment gives you all the formatting and editing features of a modern word processor, including dynamic styles and complex tables. This is combined with powerful features for generating and editing help and documentation files, including full support for multimedia and complex modular projects and Project reporting tools.
Keyword Index ToolAn interactive keyword index tool helps you design the index.

I’ve been using Help+Manual for probably 13 years or more doing software training and production process documentation. I have really enjoyed using your product all these years, this is the fourth company I’ve introduced to Help+Manual. Thank you for such a solid product and great support.

Daron Denton, PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc.

Help and Manual Professional Features

  • Multi-user editing - Multiple users can work on the same project at the same time. No special server software is required.
  • WYSIWYG XML Editor - Help & Manual is a WYSIWYG XML editor that feels like Word. You don't need to know anything about XML to work with it.
  • Tabbed Editors - Open multiple topics simultaneously in tabs to edit them comfortably side by side.
  • Edit XML sources directly - Sometimes you might want to modify the underlying XML sources...
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Latest News

Write Clearer Docs and Manuals with High-DPI UI
Write Clearer Docs and Manuals with High-DPI UI
September 15, 2025Product Update
Help & Manual version 10 adds a refreshed high DPI user interface with crisp vector icons, dark mode support, and automatic theme switching.
Streamline Documentation Creation with OCR
Streamline Documentation Creation with OCR
May 16, 2024Product Update
Help and Manual 9.5.0 enhances text capture with integrated Optical Character Recognition in both screen capture and image editing tools.
Help & Manual 9.2.0 Build 6536
Help & Manual 9.2.0 Build 6536
August 16, 2023New Version
Improves Find and Replace, Topic Editor and Word/RTF import.
Help & Manual 9.1.0 Build 6440
Help & Manual 9.1.0 Build 6440
April 11, 2023New Version
Improves memory management when importing large chunks of HTML files.
Help & Manual 9.0.2 Build 6342
Help & Manual 9.0.2 Build 6342
December 20, 2022New Version
Topic Editor improves mouse hints for images formatted with an image style.
Help & Manual 9.0.0 Build 6303
Help & Manual 9.0.0 Build 6303
November 22, 2022New Version
Adds version control with Git support, image styles and PDF merging.
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User License: This is a per-seat license. You may install and use the software on one computer. Installation on a second computer, such as a laptop, is permitted if you are the exclusive user of both...
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  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10
  • Windows 8
  • Windows 7
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Ross New Zealandover 2 years ago5 star

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