Welcome to HelpStudio
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HelpStudio is the fastest and easiest way to create and publish procedures, documentation and help content. You can integrate these documents with your desktop, web, and or mobile applications or components.
HelpStudio is an authoring tool to facilitate you in the production of HTML-based online help and PDF Booklets. You can concentrate on developing the help content without worrying about the output. HelpStudio automatically lays out and generates the Table of Contents in a consistent and professional style. Its template-based approach enables you to change and evolve the look and feel of your help project without requiring any rework on the help content.
HelpStudio can import existing HTML files, HTML Help 1.x Projects, Microsoft Help 2.x Projects, RoboHelp Projects, and Word Documents.
Generated Output
Output Formats
HelpStudio generates the outputs from XML and XHTML based content to:
- Cross-platform Web Help.
- Compiled HTML Help 1.x files.
- Compiled Microsoft Help 2.x help files (Visual Studio 2002-2008 help format).
- Compiled Microsoft Help Viewer help files (Visual Studio 2017, 2019, and 2022 help format).
- PDF Booklets.
Standard look and feel
The standard templates shipped with HelpStudio reflect the current Microsoft standard for technical documentation in order to provide a consistent and familiar style and layout.
Templates can be fully customized (including the Table of Contents, Page Type and style, color schemes etc.) without any rework with the content.
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