HelpSmith9.8
Publisher Description
HelpSmith is a visual help authoring tool allowing you to create CHM Help files, Web Help systems, and Print Manuals using a single source. The intuitive environment with a straight-forward user interface integrates a powerful Word-like Unicode word-processor with dynamic styles and live spell checker, advanced approach to working with multimedia files, automatic correction system, and many other useful features.
HelpSmith, the help authoring tool from Divcom Software, enables creating help files from start to finish and also enables importing help topics from HTML, Word RTF, TXT files that can be written in multiple ANSI code pages.
With HelpSmith you can provide help files for your application in many output formats including context-sensitive HTML Help files, a standard help format in Windows. HelpSmith supports all the features of HTML Help, allowing you to create the hierarchical Table of Contents (TOC), alphabetical keyword Index, create and modify chm viewer's help windows, and so on.
The "What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get" principle makes working with HelpSmith as easy as using a regular office application. And, in fact, you do not have to learn any technical details to create first-class CHM and Web Help systems and other documents with HelpSmith.
About HelpSmith
This Help Tools program is available in English. It was last updated on 08 March, 2026. HelpSmith is compatible with the following operating systems: Windows, Windows-mobile.
The company that develops HelpSmith is Divcom Software. The latest version released by its developer is 9.8. This version was rated by 3 users of our site and has an average rating of 4.2.
The download we have available for HelpSmith has a file size of 58.7 MB. Just click the green Download button above to start the downloading process. The program is listed on our website since 2023-10-12 and was downloaded 746 times. We have already checked if the download link is safe, however for your own protection we recommend that you scan the downloaded software with your antivirus. Your antivirus may detect the HelpSmith as malware if the download link is broken.
How to install HelpSmith on your Windows device:
- Click on the Download button on our website. This will start the download from the website of the developer.
- Once the HelpSmith is downloaded click on it to start the setup process (assuming you are on a desktop computer).
- When the installation is finished you should be able to see and run the program.
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version 9.8
posted on 2023-10-12
The Ability to Generate Markdown Documentation from Your Help Projects, Improvements to the Import Feature, and More!
version 9.7
posted on 2023-05-22
Import Markdown Files, Paste Markdown Content from the Clipboard, Generate Topic IDs Automatically, and More!
version 9.6.218
posted on 2023-03-06
Insert QR and Barcodes, Easily Paste Content from Web Browsers, Set Positions of Titles for Control Annotations Manually, and More!
version 9.4.705
posted on 2022-07-20
The Ability to Generate Related Links Blocks, Enhancements to the XML Source Editor, and More!
version 9.3.510
posted on 2022-05-10
Full-featured Code Blocks with Syntax Highlighting, the Ability to Change the Style of Multiple Horizontal Lines, Improved HTML Export, and More!
version 9.2.1112
posted on 2021-12-07
The Ability to Add Annotations to Favorites, Presets for Various Annotation Kinds, New Options for the Command-Line Interface, and More!
version 9.0.0.624
posted on 2021-07-06
New XML-based Help Project Format, Built-in XML Source Editor, Expanded Capabilities for Team Work, Compatibility with External Translation Tools, and More!
version 8.4.10
posted on 2021-03-16
Improved PDF Quality, The Ability to Find Images and Styles, Text Variables for Specific Topics, Custom Code for the HEAD Section, and Numerous User Interface Enhancements
version 8.3.0.6
posted on 2020-07-28
The Ability to Select the Clipboard Format, Better Support for Transparent Images, Improvements to the Import Feature, and Other Enhancements
version 8.2.0.11
posted on 2020-04-06
Now you can easily find and remove unused image and video files in the Media Repository.
Added the option to disable the automatic opening of the help system or document after its generation.
Other enhancements and minor bug fixes.