Help+Manual 9

EC Software · ECSoftware.Help+Manual.9

Windows help and documentation tool

Help+Manual is a single-source help authoring and content management system for both single and multi-author editing. Working with Help+Manual is as easy as writing text with a word processor. Help+Manual scales from small to really large projects with thousands of pages and creates Windows help files, Webhelp and manuals in print and PDF format. Try yourself and download a trial of Help+Manual! Writing help has never been easier. Help+Manuals working environment gives you all the formatting and editing features of a modern word processor, including dynamic styles and complex tables. The software creates all classic help file and documentation formats: * Microsoft HTML Help (.chm) * Visual Studio Help * Webhelp for integration into your website * User manuals in Adobe PDF format * Apple iPad e-books Features: * Multiple output from one single source * All outputs are highly customizeable * PDF manuals with active hyperlinks * Built-in multi-user authoring capabilities * Tools includes: reports, translation assistants, image and screen shot tools Single source, Multiple output Single source is much more than just outputting exactly the same information to different formats. Help+Manual supports conditional and customized output features that enable you to include variant content versions for different output formats and purposes - all in the same project, no post-processing is required. Help+Manual handles all the complexities of help formatting and generation for you, letting you concentrate on the work of writing. But there is also extensive support for power users and experienced help authors. You can get under the hood and insert your own HTML code, change the code the program uses to generate your projects, manipulate topic and project templates and more. Help+Manual gives you the best of both worlds. Download the fully functional evaluation version to try Help+Manual for 30 days!

winget install --id ECSoftware.Help+Manual.9 --exact --source winget

Latest 9.7.2

Release Notes

We are glad to announce the immediate availability of Help+Manual 9.7.2 and an updated Translation Assistant. This is a small maintenance update with two bug fixes and one new feature. Help+Manual 9.7.2 Changes

  • Link lists: new option to return results from the current module only (relevant for time-restricted link lists in modular projects)
  • Link lists sorted by date (e.g. changes of the last 14 days): results are still sorted by date, within the same date, results are now sorted alphabetically by title.
  • XML schema updated to 2.2.1 to acomodate new link list attribute “listtype”
  • Project Report: bug fix with help context numbers
  • Print Manual dialog: optical glitch with dropdowns fixed
  • Topic Editor: small glitch in Topic Options tab fixed Translation Assistant 9.7.2 Changes
  • Link lists: new option to return results from the current module only (relevant for time-restricted link lists in modular projects)
  • XML schema updated to 2.2.1 to acomodate new link list attribute “listtype”

All updates are available from our download page.

Installer types: inno , msi

Architecture Scope Type Download SHA256
x86 user inno Download D591460FC88448D4C19F7FD0AE22F82A3D2F920D9FB3F978E97774954CEFE3DA
x86 machine inno Download D591460FC88448D4C19F7FD0AE22F82A3D2F920D9FB3F978E97774954CEFE3DA
x86 machine msi Download 707FB4E7552CF88AEFE27A65D589C90B7E8EC4641EF1386846F285ED1AE70E0C

Details

Homepage
https://www.helpandmanual.com/downloads.html
License
Proprietary
Publisher
EC Software
Support
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Copyright
© 1997-2025 EC Software GmbH. All rights reserved.

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