HelpNDoc ( ) is a
Windows
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-based
help authoring tool published by French compan
IBE Software
Features
HelpNDoc allows the writer to create a
single source text which it then converts to a number of target formats such as:
* CHM (
HTML Help
Microsoft Compiled HTML Help is a Microsoft proprietary online help format, consisting of a collection of HTML pages, an index and other navigation tools. The files are compressed and deployed in a binary format with the extension .CHM, for Comp ...
)
*
PDF
*
RTF
*
DocX
Office Open XML (also informally known as OOXML) is a zipped, XML-based file format developed by Microsoft for representing spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. Ecma International standardized the initial version a ...
*
Qt Help
*
HTML
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*
EPUB (including
Amazon Kindle compatible E-books)
* Markdown
HelpNDoc integrates a
WYSIWYG
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editor which aims to look like popular word processing software such as
Microsoft Word
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or
OpenOffice.org Writer. HelpNDoc has the ability to include variables and external files. It also has the ability to generate code for the
C++
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,
Delphi,
Fortran,
Pascal and
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* Visual Basic .NET (now simply referred to as "Visual Basic"), the current version of Visual Basic launched in 2002 which runs on .NET
* Visual Basic ( ...
programming languages for integration of the generated CHM help files with the application being developed. As of version 4 HelpNDoc comes with a project analyzer that can track the document’s layout, provide statistics and identify potential problems such as broken links or problems with media items. HelpNDoc can also be used to publish mobile websites, using the table of contents as a navigation menu, the content of the topics with navigation buttons, the keyword index menu, a built-in search engine, and mobile-specific user interface elements.
Licensing terms
HelpNDoc's licensing model offers a free version of the program (Personal Edition) for personal use and three paid Editions for commercial use:
* Standard
* Professional
* Ultimate
The ''free'' version includes an advertisement at the bottom of each generated documentation page,
while the Professional / Ultimate Editions do not. The Standard Edition removes those ads from the CHM- and HTML-generated documentation.
The Ultimate Edition was first released with version 8.0 of the software. It allows you to "Encrypt and sign Word and PDF documents". These are new features that were released with 8.0.
History
* 1.0 was released to the public in December 2004 and only provided CHM and HTML documentation generation.
* 2.0.0.25 was released on May 16, 2009. Other 2.x versions followed during 2009 - 2010.
* 3.0.0.223 was released on August 23, 2011. Other 3.x versions were released during 2011 - 2013.
* 4.0.3.164 was released on October 9, 2013. Other 4.x versions were released during 2013 - 2016.
* 5.0.1.188 was released on March 7, 2017. Other 5.x versions were released during 2017 - 2018.
* 6.0.0.154 was released on March 7, 2019. Other 6x versions were released during 2019 - 2020.
* 7.0.0.199 was released on December 8, 2020.
* 7.1.0.253 was released on February 2, 2021.
* 7.1.1.256 was released on February 3, 2021.
* 7.1.2.266 was released on February 12, 2021.
* 7.1.3.270 was released on February 15, 2021.
* 7.2.0.306 was released on March 24, 2021.
* 7.3.0.348 was released on May 4, 2021.
*7.4.0.390 was released on June 15, 2021.
*7.5.0.435 was released on July 27, 2021.
*7.6.0.479 was released on September 9, 2021.
*7.7.0.519 was released on October 19, 2021.
*7.8.0.569 was released on December 7, 2021.
*7.9.0.612 was released on January 19, 2022.
*7.9.1.631 was released on February 8, 2022.
*8.0.0.187 was released on July 19, 2022.
*8.1.0.243 was released on September 13, 2022.
*8.2.0.286 was released on October 25, 2022 and is the latest release.
References
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External links
HelpNDoc home page
Online help
Technical communication tools
Pascal (programming language) software