HelpEd

HelpEd is a help file builder which provides two main functions:

	Overall management of the help project. The main window contains facilities to add, remove and re-order topics. Control is also provided over the appearance of the finished help file. The main window also contains facilities for the creation of an optional table of contents.
	Editing of individual topics. The editor includes options specific to the editing of help topics. Both text and pictures can be included in the help file. The topic editor also includes various editing features in common with our WED editor.

HelpEd maintains the source help file set in either Windows Help (RTF) or HTML format and can generate the final help file in any one of three formats:

	Windows Help (HLP) : Suitable for display by the winhlp32 program which is standard on all Windows platforms. Compilation of the HLP file requires the Windows Help Workshop (supplied with recent versions of Lahey LF95, Compaq Visual Fortran and Absoft Pro Fortran).
	Windows HTML Help (CHM) : This format superseded HLP format around the time of IE4 and Windows 98. Supported as standard on Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Requires IE4 on Windows 95/NT4. Compilation of the final CHM file requires the Microsoft HTML Help Workshop.
	HTML : Help files generated in HTML can be viewed in browsers such as Netscape, IE or Mozilla, on any platform.

HelpEd incorporates a substantial RTF-to-HTML converter. This is used automatically when generating HTML or HTML Help (CHM) file sets from RTF sources, but is also accessible directly to convert some 3rd party WinHelp (HLP) projects or individual RTF files to HTML format.

Note: As of version 7.0, HelpEd is now supplied with both the Windows and X Windows versions of Winteracter. The X Windows version supports HTML as its source and output formats.

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