Help & Manual lets you create and edit your online help project and export it to many different output formats (HTML Help, Browser-based Help, Adobe PDF, Winhelp, Help 2.0 and others).

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Version 5.4.0 build 1201, updated July 7, 2010




 Supported operating systems:
Windows 7 (32/64 bit), Vista, XP or Windows 2000.

Hardware requirements:
RAM 1024 mb, disk space 100 mb, screen resolution of 1024x768 or higher.

Switchable user interface:
Installer includes English and German version

 

 

Help & Manual 5 User manual (20 mb)

This is an additional user manual in PDF format for Help & Manual.

 

Help & Manual 4.51 Build 1392 (27 mb)

OLD VERSION!
This is the old version 4.51 of Help & Manual for users who have not upgraded.

 

Help & Manual Print Manual Designer (Stand-alone Version) (3.4 mb)

Stand-alone version of the Help & Manual Print Manual Designer (also included in the H&M download). This setup file is intended for translators to translate print manual and PDF template files for Help & Manual. Download and run the setup file hmdesignersetup.exe.

 

Help & Manual - Section 508 VPAT

Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) - this document describes how the accessibility features of Help & Manual help federal agencies address the requirements of Section 508 Standards.

 

Developer tutorials

How to integrate online help into your application.
These free tutorials cover all aspects for help file integration for the most common development tools.

 

Microsoft Help Compilers

Most software development tools ship the Microsoft help compiler in the box, so you may already have installed it. In case you need a compiler for a particular help file format, please download it from here.

 

Spell checker dictionaries

The setup of Help & Manual includes dictionaries for English, German, French and Spanish. But many more dictionaries are available from this download page.

In order to use the dictionaries, please copy the dictionary files into the ".\Dictionaries" folder of your Help & Manual installation.