Create CHM Help Files with a Complete Help Authoring Tool
If you need to create a CHM help file for your Windows application, you can produce it with HelpSmith (which you can [...]
Documentation Formats
Create a Responsive Online Help System for Your Product Easily
An online help system available on the website of a product or web-based service allows the users to quickly find [...]
Creating an Excellent Printed Manual in a Couple of Clicks
While you can use HelpSmith to create electronic documentation (such as Web Help and .CHM help files) and printa [...]
Using the Help Authoring Tool to Create Adobe PDF Documents
Adobe PDF is the industry standard that is widely used to deliver documentation of any kinds including technic [...]
Generating Microsoft Word Documents with HelpSmith
Microsoft Word is a de-facto standard word processing application that is used by millions of people to create a [...]
How to Create an ePub eBook from Your Help Project
The ePub format is widely used to create and deliver electronic books (or eBooks) that readers can view on speci [...]
Creation of help files and manuals
Help Authoring Tool to Create a CHM Help File, Web Help, PDF Manual, Microsoft Word, ePub eBook, or Markdown document
If you are looking for a help authoring tool to create a CHM help file, online Web Help system, or PDF manual, you c [...]
How to Create a CHM Help File, Online Help System, or PDF Manual
In this article you will learn how you can create a CHM help file, online Web Help system, or PDF manual using a [...]
Create Help for the User Interface of Your Application Automatically
Writing documentation for user interfaces is an essential part of work on the help file for your desktop or web appl [...]
Using Image Tool to Create Annotations for Screenshots
HelpSmith provides a built-in Image Tool that you can use to capture screenshots, create annotations for images, add [...]
Teamwork
How to Use GitHub to Work on a Help Project Collaboratively
If you need to work on documentation by several authors, you can use the ability of the HelpSmith help authoring [...]
Help System Integration
How to Connect HTML Help with your .NET Application
If you are a .NET (C#, VB.NET, etc.) developer, you can easily integrate an HTML Help (CHM) system with your appl [...]
How to Connect HTML Help with your Visual Basic/VBA Application
If you are a Visual Basic/VBA (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, etc) developer, you can integrate an HTML Help (.CHM) s [...]
How to Connect HTML Help with your Delphi Application
If you are a Delphi developer, you can easily integrate an HTML Help (CHM) system with your application since mod [...]
Tips & Tricks
Why My CHM File is not Displayed Correctly
You are trying to open a CHM file but get a message like "Navigation to the webpage was canceled" or "This program c [...]
Using Templates
It is well known that a help system consists of a set of topics. As in most cases all topics should have a unifo [...]
Miscellaneous
Create CHM HTML Help Files Easily
About HTML Help (CHM) Format
Nowadays, HTML Help CHM is the standard help format used in most modern Windows [...]
How to Create a Web Help System
Why You Need Web Help on your Website
Web Help (or browser-based Help) is a help system that can be uploaded to y [...]
The New Web Help System Format Overview
HelpSmith 4.0 introduces a completely redesigned Web Help system format. The main idea behind the new Web Help was t [...]