It also supports online HTML documentation for a website, printable PDF or Word documentation, and can output to ePUB and Kindle. Your documentation files are platform-independent until you choose to output them to a particular format.Īs we mentioned earlier, HelpNDoc can output compiled CHM help files for desktop Windows applications. This means you manage your content in a centralised database, which is housed in HelpNDoc. HelpNDoc allows you to single source your documentation for a number of different formats and outputs.
For users from other backgrounds, the design may not quite be in keeping with other software tools they are used to. For traditional Windows users, this design will probably be very easy to use. Overall, it has a Windows-95 era look and feel. The same applies if you want to use your own toolchain outside the Microsoft ecosystem.Īs a result of this Windows focus, HelpNDoc is also designed more to look like a traditional Microsoft Word interface and uses the horizontal ribbon design. This won’t be a problem if your whole company uses Windows, but if you use HelpNDoc and want to collaborate with other writers they may not be using a compatible system. There is no way to make HelpNDoc work on any system other than Windows. If you require your Help Authoring Tool to work on a Mac or Linux OS, then you will need to consider choosing another tool. CHM files (compiled HTML files) which are specific to Windows applications. It’s specially designed to work well within the Microsoft and Windows ecosystem, and integrate with Microsoft development tools like Microsoft HTML Help Workshop. A lack of support for non-Windows Operating Systemsįirst of all, HelpNDoc is only available on a Windows Operating System. We’ll now go into the important features that you might find are missing if you choose HelpNDoc for your documentation. Nevertheless, it’s a more streamlined Help Authoring Tool than solutions like Flare since it offers a more focused set of functionality.
When you choose HelpNDoc, you download the software to your desktop as an on-site installation like MadCap Flare or Adobe RoboHelp, so it’s not a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. The standard price entitles you to free updates of HelpNDoc and high-quality customer support for one year after purchase. There is also a free version with banner ads if you want the software for personal use.
HelpNDoc costs $282 (as of February 2019) for the full ad-free version of HelpNDoc. It’s typically aimed at customers who are at least proficient in programming, and comfortable using tools that are more on the technical side. HelpNDoc is an example of a Help Authoring Tool used by technical writers to create software documentation. HelpNDoc has not been rated by our users yet.3 Crucial Disadvantages to HelpNDoc Help Authoring Tool HelpNDoc runs on the following operating systems: Windows. It was initially added to our database on. The latest version of HelpNDoc is 7.9.0.612, released on. It was checked for updates 94 times by the users of our client application UpdateStar during the last month.
HelpNDoc is a Freeware software in the category Development developed by IBE Software.
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HelpNDoc has been engineered to provide the most advanced functionalities in their simplest form: creating and maintaing html help files, Word and PDF documentation is usually a painful process but thanks to HelpNDoc you may surprise yourself enjoying it! You know how to use your favourite word processor? Then you already know how to use HelpNDoc: it's that easy! Add to that many powerful features such as live spell checking in a fully WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) environment and you'll begin to imagine how fast and easy it will be for you to create your next help file and how professional it will look like. Forget about bloated user interfaces and incomprehensible tools. You just have to enter or import your documentation in the built-in word processor and hit the "Compile" button to obtain a fully functional help file which looks exactly as you designed it. HelpNDoc provides a clear and efficient interface to build the most amazing CHM help files, WEB based documentation, PDF and Word documents from a single source without worrying about the inner working of help file generation. HelpNDoc is an easy to use yet powerful and intuitive help authoring tool.