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Softpedia Editor's Review for HelpMaker
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An application to create and modify help files (.HLP)
Written by Bogdan Popa on December 14th, 2011
If you're an avid Softpedia fan, you sure know we appreciate software solutions that comprise detailed help manuals, thus being able to assist beginners all the time while using the application.
Well, HelpMaker is a must have for any software developer because it provides very advanced tools to create help files without the need of a dedicated word processor.
The application is so easy to use that you'll definitely be amazed. The first time you create a new project you just have to follow a simple wizard that asks you to provide the project name and choose the custom table of contents. You can thus decide to use both headings and sub-headings, it all depends on you and the app that's going to comprise the help file.
By default, it creates multiple chapters, such as introduction, contact us, about, awards, FAQ and how to buy, so you can leave things the way they are and only write down your text.
The editing process is easy as pie because you don't need to do more except selecting the chapter you wish to edit and input the text. In addition, you can also insert photos, draw tables, place links and all the other goodies you usually find in a word processor.
Formatting can be easily changed from a dedicated menu, so you don't have to worry that you'll get a huge block of text with no paragraphs or different text styles.
Once you're done with the help file, HelpMaker can either save it or export as PDF, HTML or RTF, giving you the power to easily integrate in into your recently-developed application.
The good thing about HelpMaker must be the number of features, as HelpMaker includes basically all you'll ever need to create a comprehensive help manual to aid your users while playing with your downloadable tools.
We can't really think about a bad thing when it comes to HelpMaker because this application comprises so many tools that it would be just a waste of time to start criticizing it.
So all in all, HelpMaker is one of the best, if not best, help file creators. It has everything you'll need and it comes with a freeware license.
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HelpMaker description
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Here are some key features of "HelpMaker":
· Graphical User Interface
· Print Preview Feature
· Zoom
View Ruler:
· Word Processing Features
· Font Formatting
· Paragraph Formatting
· Bullets and Numbering
· Tab Spacing
· Change Case
· Various Styles (Bold, Italic, Underline)
· Alignment Styles (Left, Center, Right)
· Insert Page Break
· Insert Date, Time and Date/Time
· Insert Picture
· Insert Hyperlink
· Insert OLE Object
· Insert Drawing Object
Spelling (with Auto-spell):
· Printing Features
· Print to Printer, Print to PDF
· Print Preview Feature
Print individual document:
· Search and Replace Features
· Unicode Search
· Unicode Replace
· Topic Search
Keyword Search:
· Import and Export Features
· Import from Word, RTF and Text files
Export to PDF, Web-page, RTF and Word Document files:
· Table Features
· Table (and nested tables)
Requirements:
· Pentium II, 400Mhz or better
· 32 MB Ram or better
· 50 MB of hard disk space
· Internet Explorer
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fixed strange font issue when using Arial.
· Fixed invalid CSHelp.text loading when more than >1024 characters.
· Importing from *.sh5 where the Hyperlink was truncated was fixed.
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