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  Help Development Studio
  Version: 1.9 (Sep 21, 2004)

  www.helpdevelopmentstudio.com
  support@divcomsoft.com
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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  WHAT IS HELP DEVELOPMENT STUDIO?
  FEATURES AND BENEFITS
  WHAT'S NEW?
  SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
  INSTALLATION
  UNINSTALLATION
  DISTRIBUTION

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WHAT IS HELP DEVELOPMENT STUDIO?
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Help Development Studio  is  a  popular  help authoring tool,  designed  to
create  WinHelp (.HLP),  HTML Help (.CHM),  and Web Help (.HTML) files from
the  same  source. This  is  a  full-featured,  stand-alone,  complete help
authoring tool,  which includes all that's necessary for the quick and easy
creation of high quality help documentation for your software  application.
There  is  NO  need  to  know any of the technical aspects of creating help
files,  working  with  the help compiler,  or editing the help topic source
code in RTF or HTML.

Help Development Studio is the only help authoring tool to offer such power
combined with simplicity of usage.   There is also no need to use a variety
of  tools  from different programs while  working on  a  help file  because
Help Development Studio is a fully integrated environment.  All the inbuilt
tools,  from the text processor to the Contents and Index editors, interact
with each other to allow the automation of various actions. In other words,
Help Development Studio  allows you to write help topics,  create the Table
of Contents and Index, and use any WinHelp- or HTML Help-specific features.

The great  features  included  in  Help Development Studio,  as well as its
easy-to-use interface and affordable price,  is  the reason why the program
continues  to  gain  more and more popularity among independent developers,
software  development  companies,  technical writers,  and  help  authoring
professionals.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS
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- Create professional help files the fast and easy way.
- The ability  to  create  WinHelp (.HLP),  HTML Help (.CHM),  and Web Help
  (.HTML) from the same source.
- Write help topics,  create a Table of Contents,  and do whatever else you
  need for your help file with a fully integrated environment.
- Check spelling in your help documentation before it is released.
- Work  on  several  help  projects  simultaneously,  create  libraries  of
  standard help topics,  use  Segmented Hyper Graphics (.SHG),  and  manage
  everything easily.
- Become  more  effective by automating various actions for working on help
  files.
- Enjoy  a  variety  of  unique  features  such as  a complete Auto Correct
  system,  support  for  additional  plug-ins,  the ability to use relative
  paths, and the ability to use customizable text layouts.
- A rich set of options for  customizing the program  according to your own
  needs.
- An easy-to-use multilingual interface.

WHAT'S NEW?
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- A Spell Checker with an English dictionary added.
- Images inserted into the topic text by using the Insert|HTML feature are
  now correctly processed.
- When using zero left and top margins in a HTML Help topic, a one-pixel
  line did appear on the left.
- Incorrectly entered IDs/Contexts are now forbidden. This avoids problems
  when compiling the help file.
- The Help Author System option has been moved to the program options.
- New sample help projects for WinHelp, HTML Help, and Web Help added.
- A minor bug fixed.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Pentium 100 MHz or better
Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP
About 2Mb free hard drive space
Installed Microsoft (R) Help compilers

INSTALLATION
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Run SETUP.EXE and follow the instructions.

UNINSTALLATION
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Use the Windows control panel's 'Add/Remove Program' feature.

DISTRIBUTION
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The program archive can be freely distributed provided that:
1) It is not modified in any way whatsoever.
2) It is clearly stated in accompanying text(s) that it is shareware.

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