Help authoring tools?

Subject: Help authoring tools?
From: Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>
To: Techwriter List <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, Melissa London <maia_ms -at- msn -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:25:41 -0400

Melissa London wondered: <<I'm looking for a free or low-cost
solution for creating a CHM file of a style guide. Pretty basic
stuff: terminology list, short informational topics (like Help),
links to other resources. That's about it.>>

One word (sort of <g>): http://hat-matrix.com/

If you have any specific questions once you've found a potentially
appropriate tool, someone here can undoubtedly provide the answers.


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References:
help authoring tools: From: Melissa London

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