Helpinator

Current Version2.3.3
System RequirementsWindows 2000/XP/Vista, 1 GHz processor or higher, 256 Mb of memory
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Helpinator Features:

Supports multiple output formats, including CHM, PDF, RTF and HTML.

You can compile built-in program help, online help and printable documentation from single source.

CHM, PDF, RTF, HTML

Template engine helps you to customize help file layout.

Templates are stored inside project file. Separate templates are used to generate CHM/HTML and PDF/RTF documentaion. You can easily edit any template and add your own.

templates

Multiple languages inside one project file.

If you develop multilingual software products, you need help files in different languages. Most of help authoring tools allow only one language per file. Updating help files could become very time consuming.

Helpinator allows you to have as many languages in one project file as you wish. Topic structure remains the same in all languages, but each language in your project can have it's own:

  • Topic contents
  • Topic titles
  • Keywords
  • Variable values
  • Templates

multiple languages

Powerful topic editor with integrated spell checker.

All features of professional text editor are available. Edit font styles, font color and background, insert tables, images and even Flash movies.

powerful editor

Image library allows you to use the same image in multiple topics without creating duplicates.

You can add any image to the library and reuse it in several different topics.
Once you need to update your image - edit it in the library and it will change in all topics that refer to it.

Also image library allows you to add annotations to images with simple shapes - boxes, circles, lines, arrows and text.

image library

Text snippets allow you to create blocks of reusable text that can be referenced in topics.

Text snippets are like library images. You can define and edit them in the library and use in multiple topics.

text snippets

Good looking PDF documents.

Helpinator produces PDF documents with front page, table of contents with page numbers, header, footer and correct outline that reflects your project structure.

pdf documents

Click here to download sample PDF (helpinator.pdf)

User-friendly navigation links like "Next" and "Previous" in CHM and HTML.

CHM files look more professional when topics contain links to next and previous topics for easier navigation. Users appreciate that.

next and previous links

Helpinator automatically creates breadcrumbs and "See Also" lists for CHM and HTML.

More advanced professional features make your documentation perfect. "Breadcrumbs" contain links to parent topics for quick access. "See Also" list at the end of the topic contains links to topics that have the same keywords as the current one.

breadcrumbs and see also

User defined variables.

For example, you can use a variable named "VERSION" and place it where you want your program version number to appear. Helpinator replaces it with version number at compile time.

variables

Conditional compilation.

Conditional compilation directives allow you to skip or include potions of text when certain variable has specific value. With this feature you can easily create help files for different products that share same base.

conditional compilation

Command-line utility.

Helpinator comes with command-line utility "chelpinator.exe" that you can use to compile help using batch files.

command line utility

Auto Index topics.

Helpinator saves your time automating keyword definition. Enter keywords in the keyword editor and Helpinator will automatically associate keywords with topics.

Project verification.

Sometimes you can easily forget to do important things or do some mistakes in your project. Project verification runs every time you compile your project and shows what is missing.

project verification

Reports.

Reports help you to keep track with project statistics, identify problems (like empty topics and missing images) and more.

example report

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Helpinator FREE Edition

We provide FREE Edition of Helpinator. You can use it in commercial and personal projects. It has all features of Helpinator Professional, but your help projects are limited to 10 topics. This is enough to create documentation for a small utility or a screensaver.

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