Links and Resources

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English and German Sites
Service provider for documentation and online Help
Programs for the production of onlineHelp
Article and manuals
Microsoft HTMLHelp Site
Books
Other Links

English and German internet sites

	MVP Robert Chandler The Helpware side with much technical information about online help systems. Notice additional tool FAR!
	MVP Josef Becker († 2006-03-29) - in memoriam - Helpmaster-Site We have learned that Josef Becker died suddenly on 29 March 2006. Josef was well known in the Help authoring world for his collection of Help utilities, now found online at http://www.helpmaster.info. I extend my deepest sympathies to his family.
	MVP David Liske Visit this site when using Visual Basic - it's great!
MVP Dana Cline	http://www.logicsmith.com/
	http://keyworks.helpmvp.com/ Good tools for Help-Worker
	Visual Basic und Hilfe The online help to Visual BASIC
	Site of Lydia Wong Technical Writer, FarPoint Technologies, Inc. http://www.fpoint.com
	Site of Char James-Tanny an industry benchmark for MS HTML Help Workshop and MS Help 2. Download the Tutorial about the MS HTMLHelp Workshop. The company was accepted by Microsoft in the meantime for an internal training to her products. http://www.helpstuff.com
	Homepage Carsten Behrens with some good Documentation about Windows HTMLHelp . The download section is recommended!
	Homepage Thomas Schulz Extensive site about help files under Windows and Visual Basic
	Homepage Phillip Perkmann Additional tool HELPY improves the user kindness for the program HTMLHelp Workshop Hp: The program also supports a German user surface.
	pixelparrot.de offers tutorials for technical editors, tips and tricks for usual authoring systems, Help Authoring Tools (HAT) and technical documentation. Comprehensive information and examples for WebHelp of eHelp!
	http://www.theta-software.com Freeware and software for preparing HTMLHelp help files
	http://www.grainge.org Peter Grainge's site Stuff for Technical Authors, Microsoft Word users and friends

Service provider for documentation and online help

	www.indoition.com Know-how, checklists, tools and links, which will help you to create user-friendly software documentation such as manuals, online help, software demos and other forms of software user assistance. Help Authoring Tools Content as free Bocklet (PDF)
	www.dokay.de
	www.helpdesign.de Das Unternehmen bietet Leistungen auf den Geschäftsfeldern Schulung, Dokumentation und Beratung. HelpDesign schult auf RoboHelp-HTML und RoboHelp-Classic.
	www.comet-doku.info
	Authors receive extensive information about use of Doc-To Help under www.e-Helpers.de, one can apply for the German user forum supported by e-Helpers there free of charge and offer a Germanized version in addition with German support for Doc-To-Help 6.5.

Programs for the production of onlineHelp

	http://www.componentone.com DOC - to - HELP nicht ganz preisgünstig - aber gut!
	http://www.author-it.de
	http://www.helpandmanual.com Besuchen Sie auch das Benutzerforum!
	Help Authoring for Component Writers http://www.frasersoft.net/genhelp/
	With Fast-Help full functional help files can be created into less than a minute. You must only enter the help text - ready. http://www.fast-help.com/

Article and manuals

	Microsoft Design Specifications for User Assistance
	Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications

Microsoft® HTMLHelp Site

The new home page for HTMLHelp is:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms670169.aspx

Every HTML Help help author should install the complete Microsoft compiler program. Invite the HTML Help workshop directly of the Microsoft web page. You find the download on the Microsoft XP Resource Kit side now.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms669985.aspx

Visual Studio .NET Help Integration Kit 2003